FEARS DON'T LET US FREE FROM PAST, MAKE US WORRY ABOUT FUTURE AND LET OUR PRESENT WASTE"
KRYSTAL POV
"Why didn't you utter a word? Why didn't you stand for yourself? A girl said giving me a tissue. I have been crying for more then 5 minutes since then. The girl was indeed beautiful,her green big eyes,perfect sharp jaw and rosy lips were example of a perfect beauty. She was fair by colour and thin by her figure. Her hair complimenting her beauty. I came out of my analyzing zone when she snapped her finger towards me.
"I asked you something,"she said.
"Oh yeah I just couldn't...they just attacked on the weakest point of my life"I stopped in the middle of my sentence thinking of how much deep my fear is.
"Hey..you can share with me they say if something bothers you it's better to share with someone who light it easily. HELLO I am that person."she said with a smile.
"This is not the first time I am being bullied"I chuckled.
"I don't have sparkly beautiful highschool memories on which I look back and be happy like others, In highschool most of the people used to bully me because I was an easy target."I sighed and looked at her as she was listening to me very attentively.
"First I thought they were spoiled kids of a rich family but I was wrong. They were not just spoiled they were destroyed they bully people for fun.Sadly people think by hurting others or bully them is fun. Like seriously do you even know the damage you are causing and where your harshful words, full of hatred which you think are so cool lead? NO, they don't know or I say they don't want to know.They are so mean WHY? WHY? they do to people? WHO ARE THEY to make snake opinions about someone's personal life"I almost shouted "And being bullied many times it become my fear to confront people in such situations,I can't handle it"I sighed and felt the weight from my heart has liften down, it's the first time I shared this with someone I must say I am at ease.
"You know everything that happens to you makes you strong but living with fear instead of fighting with it,automatically makes you weak"she said, "Don't let others use your fears as your weakness"she further added making me understand.
"You look like a nice person,"I said with a smile.
"I just don't look like I am,circumstances of life made me strong though"she said.
"Friends,"I said.
"Obviously"she smiled "By the way I am CANDICE ALBERT"she added.
"KRYSTAL HARVEY,"I said with a smile.
"Krystal we can share the dorm because I have no one as a mate"she said standing up and forwarding her hand in my direction.
I held her hand and said "I would love to".and we both shared a laugh.
CANDICE POV
I always imagined myself in Harvard winning the dancing competition and finally half of my dream came true.I am in Harvard my heart was dancing. To be honest there is nothing I have done to come here except to make my grandparents agreed for it. Yeah you heard it right. I belong to a high class loveable family. My grandparents loves me so much. My parents died in an accident when I was 5 years old but I really care less because my grandparents give me everything I wanted in my life, they never let me feel emptiness of My Parents, but there is always a question what I feel towards my parents is really true or just a shield to protect myself from pain behind it.
"HAPPY FAMILY IS LIKE HEAVEN ON EARTH
But what I witnessed earlier made my heart shrinked,two girls were bullying an innocent girl.I was waiting for the girl to stand for herself but she haven't utter a word and let them bully her. I tried to stop but it was late they left already. Afterwards I talked to the girl who got bullied and got to know that her fear overcome the situation. I advised her but it left a question :Is it easy to say then do?
To be honest I felt gulity by advising her to get over her fear,it is not a place for a person like me to utter words like that.
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"I think we have done wrong with her" Jessica said while thinking about yesterday.
"What did we do?" I asked,being confused.
"Oh you forget so easily to bully a girl,new girl,she was crying Rach"Jessica said while staring at me disappointingly.
"Oh yeah it's not a big deal to cry on"I said with a usual tone.
"Okay leave it we need to complete a project so let's do that i will do the artwork"she said excitedly.
"Yeah go on and meet your first love. I promise I will not disturb you both in your love meetings"I said teasing her.she looked at me with a poker face then we burst into laugh. She threw a rejister on me.
"If you are done then let's come with me to the library"she said.
"Wait ,we need things from the store room you go first. I am right behind you" I said and she nodded.
I went in store room only to find it all dark. I found the switch board and switch on the lights I gather my stuff and start putting them in box after finishing I hold the box and turned back and try to open door but it got jam and the power got cut. The scenario of my black past came in my mind and I couldn't think of anything. I started sweating and my body was shaking due to fear. I shouted for help but this time my luck wasn't in my favour. My breathing got uneven by time and after that everything was black out. I opened my eyes only to find two similar faces and beside them rarely known faces.
"Are you okay?"Jessica asked, being worried but I was in huge shock that wasn't even able to reply.
"Rach , you are fine right?"she asked again.
"Yeah...what..I didn't..heard?"I said lost mindedly.she gave me water which fell from my hand because I was somewhere else.
"Dieing with fear is better than living with it"A woman in her early 30's said looking like glory.Her voice was affectionate enough.
"I just don't know why I couldn't get over it"I sighed.
"It's difficult but not impossible to fight from it and trust me it's worth fighting for,"she said, making us all understand her point.
"You are right Mrs Emily King and thanks for your help"Jessica said.
"It's okay my students"she said and walked away.
"Krystal,candice,thanks alot for helping me break the door on time,it means alot"Jessica said addressing towards the faces I have seen "and we are really sorry krystal"she further said.
"It's okay, I forgive you,"Krystal said with a smile.
"Thanks alot guys and sorry krystal for that, you know I don't want to mention"I said making them face towards me.
"Let's forget what happened in the past and let's be friends and give each other a fresh start."Candice said.
"I am in,"Jessica said.
"Me too,"Krystal said.
"Ohh hello madam we are not gonna invite you"Jessica said sarcastically.
"I am in,"I said,and there started a new friendship.
CANDICE POV
"NO! Don't leave me". I shouted in my sleep and there we go again, Again the same nightmare which I am seeing from past 10 years. I wake up in middle of night my back is soaked in sweat. The worst part is that, the nightmare looks like a memory from my past which is blurry maybe because I am aging and old memories are fading it's look like is an incident from my past I should have remember but I don't that's why it's haunting me.
"What happened? Are you fine Candice?"Krystal asked worriedly as she came and sat on my bed. Her eyes were filled with eagerness towards me.
"Nothing, just a bad dream,"I said.
"Girl you are soaked in sweat your face is pale and just a bad dream wow"she said staring into my eyes.
She hugged me and said "once a nice girl told me it's better to share when something is bothering you, it's light your heart."she said smiling at me.
"You are using my words on me for good, nice work"I said and she smirked at me in a cutest way.
"Okay I surrender,my parents died in an accident caused on our farm house I was with them they died in front of my eyes but there are a lot of loopholes in my memories of that accident, I started getting nightmares of accident. It's been 10 years the flashes are vivid and unclear somehow I developed a fear of fire and horrifying part is, I see myself surrounded by fire in my nightmare so I think all of this is connected. I want to be strong for my grandparent's that's why I never told them or asked them about the accident how can I they lost their child so I never told anyone until now"I said and smiled sadly.
"Hey stop running from it now face it and deal with it you are not alone in this I am with you:" she said while wiping my tears.
"Running away is not the solution , you need to fight with that, you say that it doesn't bother you that your parents are not with you, you don't wanna talk about them, you don't wanna know how they were. But ask yourself, Do you really mean it?"she said, to which I remained silent.
"And yeah you know what when you get over your fear you set yourself free"she said.
"Look who's talking"I mocked at her.
"Actually they aren't my lines they are Mrs Emily King's she taught yesterday in psychology class" she said.
"Ohh she is good with her words, she gives people hope what a victorious thing to do? Good for her."I said.
"I hope she'll be helpful in Rachel's case." she said with expectations looking at me.
TO BE CONTINUED