"Be your own beautiful, even when others tried to define you by their standards." [Jacqueline].......[Jacqueline's POV]I looked back at the crowd who were looking at us and whispering with each other. I heard a girl whose face was covered with thick makeup, say excitedly to her friend, "Does Nina know this fatty?""It seems like that." The other teenager who was standing with her on the oval-shaped girl said to her. I focussed on Rohan again. His cheeks were slightly hot, he looked down and pointed at me and said something to Nina. As soon as she heard him. she scoffed at him and glanced back at me. She walked towards me with a kind smile although he tried to grab her hand she shook him away. She seems to be walking towards me. This seemed odd. I glanced back at Rohan and noticed his cheeks seemed a little red and it wasn't because of the red paint. He seems blushing. What do they want to do? Nina is Rohan's best friend. She even had kicked me in the canteen

True Love Never Seeks Validation. And this never seeking validation quality is what makes it true."[Jacqueline] *******     [Jacqueline's POV]   I exhale, this guy was getting on my nerves and not in a good way. I mumbled Nina's name again but she ignored me. Even if I was a dumb person at this hour, I could make out she heard me. She was just pretending she didn't.   The round of her face stared ahead as if nothing could shake her concentration over the topic. She sat cross-legged, her head held high. Her deep eyes refusing to look in my direction forget about my plea. I held my urge to snort at her dramatic pretense.    'Does she think I won't understand what she is doing?'   'Either she t

"Love comes in wrapped up messy coils." [Jacqueline] *******[Jacqueline's POV] If you are not playing any games, I will think about it." I was talking to him, but my tone was smaller. My ears were buzzing with my bus mates snickers but I kept my attention on the window. "Okay. I will be waiting." I didn't respond to him, it wasn't necessary. Focussing all attention on the road. The buildings were passing one after another. The sidewalks were crowded with students, tourists, and some common middle-class people, it was lined with bushy trees ringed in metal grated. Our neighborhood was near and I mentally prepared myself to get down. I glanced around noticing my bus mated gossiping with their friends over the shouting of some few kids as well as the noise of traffic. My chest squeezes as I notice few kids staring at me and then saying something in their respective friends' ears.  "What are you looking at?" His voice startles me to the p

"Every event will teach you something in your life, but the only lesson will be to remain strong all alone." [Ifveen]   ******* Amidst the whispering students, the ringing bells, and the bright red roses, I was walking to my classroom. The sunlight was brighter today or maybe it was just me feeling better. After Remo shared his past, we talked to darkness. We only spoke of good things. It was a special duration, it felt like I wasn't this ugly girl who had issues bigger than her life no more Like I was the most blessed person on the earth. He made me feel good, he made me feel beautiful. Something that I would never believe myself to be. He reminded me of the goodness of humans. Making me contemplate if he was like that with everyone else.   'Does he tell everyone what happened to him in the past? Or it was just me. Am I special t

Dance your sorrows away." [Jacqueline] ……. [Jacqueline's POV]   The teacher chose to stand on the stage while everyone else stood down discussing things with each other. There were a total of 40 students, which automatically led to the division of twenty couples. If we analyzed each pair, Almost every paired boy was tall while the girl paired with him was short. Now it made sense as to why the teacher chose me and Rohan as a pair. Because of our height difference.  We stood there in four rows each since I and Rohan had entered the Auditorium. At last, we were standing at the back too. Tina and her partner were standing adjacent to our position and honestly, she looked bored. Even though she was a student who lived for extracurricular activities like dance. It was perhaps for the reason that she was not happy with her partner. Her partner seemed very happy with