Chapter two

Jakes's father said "You could have any place you want but you still want to live with me. Have your parties coming home late."

Jakes said "father please don't start, I told you I will be at the library doing an assignment with Laura. "

Jakes's father said "did it go well."

Jakes said "yes it did."

Jakes's father said "What are you doing."

Jakes said "just trying to find information about Laura."

Jakes's father said "I don't even want to know why."

Jakes's Mother passed away from depression no one saw it, they were left with her diary. She would write about how her days were and how helpless she felt her therapy session, counselling and that she tried to take her life twice but didn't go through with it. At the end, she took her sleeping pills. Her family didn't know about this, the sleeping pills they knew she was having hard time sleeping that there was more they didn't see it. Jakes always felt guilty that he didn't spend much time with his mother, his father was workaholic. He blamed himself.

*****Laura got home*****

Her father and step Mother were not around. She was glad, peace and quiet how she likes it. She quickly took a bath, and put on her PJ was still early but she was tired, had all this emotions she didn't know what was going on with her. "Why was I so friendly with jakes once I start talking I don't stop especially with people I like? Do I like jakes? No scratch that can't stop talking when I talk about things I'm passionate about business studies." Trying to convince herself that nothing is up. She pull her laptop, did her school work. Then wrote to her diary it was encrypted. Her step mother was noisy, she was saving money to get her own place soon, she worked on weekends as a writer on the local newspaper just writing few piece, and writing a new content now again for the local radio station . At her college she was not doing any course related to journalism, writing, PR and media studies. She had many talents, being a business's woman that's what she wanted. Writing was just fun to her didn't consider it as a career.

Jakes's father said "Son, just because we couldn't save your mother, doesn't mean everyone needs saving, not everyone is on this social networking sites. Just drop all of this it's not healthy."

Jakes lying to his father said "fine will do what you say father"

He went to bed and hopefully thought tomorrow he will know what to do.

Laura wore a long dress, black, black lips her nails were black, black shoes. It was the first time she wore a dress in years, she had the perfect body and good waist but daily wore big clothes.

Jakes's friend James worried about jakes. "We hardly spent any time together these days, you're all about school work and that crazy girl Laura. What's up man?"

Jakes said "In case you haven't notice we are in our final year in college, don't have time to fool around need to work hard in order to graduate. So if you don't mind I don't want to be late for my lesson."

James was shocked, jakes and school work what was happening to jakes maybe his friends did not know him that well.

Eric said "you try hard to look hideous, you should wear dress more often you look pretty."

Laura thought she looked like a nun, Eric was just being nice.

Laura said "Is that a compliment or an insult."

Eric said "bit of both."

Laura said "okay then."

Eric said "how is everything at home and working with jakes."

Laura said "Home just madness, Jakes had to figure out."

Jakes got in the class and sat next to Laura, they greeted each other and jakes looked trouble. Laura wondered if she should ask him or not but then again she didn't want him to be too friendly with her. They continued working on their school work.

The lecture said "I forgot to tell you this that in order to graduate, you will have to work do work integrated programme, volunteering or job shadowing must be related to your studies, will hand out booklet that will be filled by your supervisor or manager to evaluate you work."

Laura and jakes were at the library, jakes was quiet wasn't flirting with her. Most guys would try so hard to get to know her, use their charm, get her gifts and oh my chocolates she got from guys pretending she will throw them in the bin but ate them when they were not around.

Laura hitting the keyboard, "the assignment is gone, the first draft and can't find it." Laura said.

Jakes said "let me help you, oh well I can't recover it and I can type it when I get home. "

They have done their research what was left to type it.

They decide to focus on presentation since its tomorrow. Library was closing, they went out.

Jakes said "Will you need a lift, or I will wait here unit you get a cab."

Laura said "l will just wait for the cab."

While waiting she was checking her phone, her to do list, her notebook was like her diary.

Jakes said "Are you on social networking platforms."

Laura said "no why? "

Jakes said "you like checking your phone and texting."

Laura said "not your business but if you want to know I'm organized I like writing down what I need to do before the day ends, what I need to do tomorrow. Writing when bored, when I miss my mother. "

Jakes said "why not on Facebook?"

Laura said "my life is miserable, why would I want to be depressed about what is happening in the world."

Jakes said "maybe you just don't want to see happy people."

Laura said "fake people, most of these people are living a lie, we buy into this lie, and that success gives you happiness, "I'm at Paris having lunch meetings #couple Goals #this and that", just fake."

Jakes said "not all of them, you just don't believe in love."

Laura said "It's not that, love and life just same thing complicated."

Jakes said "life is so complicated but love is not."

Jakes didn't expect her to tell him anything or even mention about her mother.

Jakes said "I also miss my mother, died earlier this year, depression doesn't get any easier, and today could have been her birthday. "

That explains why he was moody his late Mother's birthday today. Laura who gets how jakes feels.

Laura said "I usually eat a cake, and remember all the good memories about my mother, you should celebrate her."

Jakes was seeing a different side of her, soft tender caring and compassionate. She challenged him to do better at school, he wanted to be better person all because of her.

Laura said "bye, remember to celebrate your mother the woman she was before life happened."

Jakes said "will do thank you, don't forget to polish that presentation."

He got on his car drove home.

Eric Thompson his parents didn't like that he was friends with Laura, they believe she was possessed with evil spirit, they always told Eric to stay away from her. "She is trouble, since her mother passed away she changed doesn't go to church anymore, doesn't greet anyone she locks herself in that tiny room of hers who are her friends beside you, she better get baptized. She needs Jesus". That's what Eric parents would say always. Eric thinking about Laura, if only his parents could see what he saw, a broken girl who just needs someone to help her.

Dear dairy

Laura writing her a diary, and she thought about jakes." His a sweet guy who knew, maybe there's still good few guys in this cruel world. How did he know my mother passed away, I only told him I miss my mother. Maybe he assumed, who does write about missing their mother on their diary when they're alive maybe few. "