Chapter 2

My brother hasn't shouted this far at me. That kinda hurt. I got up and made my way to my room which was upstairs. Our house is a simple household. One living room, two rooms one for me and other for my brother and a kitchen . I looked at the mirror and saw my red puffed face. "oh no. I don't want the whole college noticing me like this" I sighed.

I went to the bathroom to wash my face after which my face look kind of alright. Again taking my bag, I went down only to see Jason tapping the table restlessly. "Jason, aren't you be supposed to be at work?" I asked as I came down.

It was as if my voice clicked something, he dashed toward me and hugged me. "I am sorry. I am really sorry, Sarah. I shouldn't have shouted. I am really really sorry" He mumbled sorry for many times. I pulled away, "its fine bro. Go now. You would be late for your presentation."

"don't worry little sis. I still have time. Come I will drop you off at college" He offered kindly which I declined kindly. Oh come on I like going to my college in my cool bicycle. Feeling the wind as I sped through the trees.

"No you are coming with me. Also I will pick you up during lunch. Let's have lunch together. Come on" He pulled me forcefully and pushed me into his decent looking car. It's Yamaha sports looking design car. Super cool you know. "How is your college?" he asked, his hands lazily on the steering wheel.

"for the past week, it's fine. We just started with our syllabus. Also, can you belive we are gonna see a dead body? I am so excited to explore the miracles of our human body" I squealed. I am a medical student, passed my entrance and studying with full scholarship.

"Wow. You say it is like a piece of cake. I would faint even at the sight of blood" Jason grimaced.

And soon we were in the college entrance. Before I got down, Jason said something a over protective brother would say, "Stay low. And do not talk to boys"

"Sure. Then I shouldn't be talking to you either" I teased.

"Minus me. Now go on. All the best. Have a great day with Mr. Dead body" Jason waved off. I waved and entered my college. To tell about my college, its a quite decent looking college. My block is in the south west gate. I am a first year medical college student. My subjects are physiology( it is about how our body works to put it simple. And it's textbook is very heavy.), anatomy(it is about the arrangement of the structures. This includes a practical class where we examine the structures in a dead body. Cool, isn't it?) and lastly pharmacology, the medicine part. When everyone around the world had fun, I went through hard times. I decided to help those people in need by becoming a doctor myself.

My first class was anatomy. I walked through the corridors. It's a typical high school setup. The cheer girls, the bully guys, the bad guys, the band guys, the makeup tweeks the science buds, and then there is me, the loser. Not like loser in my studies but I don't really fit in their groups. Sometimes I do in science buds but mostly I am alone. There are two reasons I am alone 1. I am not really that social with people 2. The hijab(the head covering) that represents my religion. Everybody thinks I am a ticking time bomb.

I went up to my locker, took my notes and made my way toward anatomy class which was at the far end of the building. Ignoring the laughing and commenting of the people in the corridor, I avoided as much gaze I could but something got my eye in the far end of the corridor that made me stop in my tracks.

A built man in his senior year tall and masculine, the popular guy category was bullying a freshman, small and weak, the nerd category. "Sarah, help him" was my first thought but the thought of being in trouble made me do, what the others would do. I put my head down and walked past. "Hey kid. I told you to complete my record work. Why didn't do so?" I overheard the bully. I don't know why the walk is taking soo long. I can't just get past them.

"sorry. I didn't have time. I was helping my mom in her salon. Please leave me. I can't do it" the young boy, who was probably my age pleaded.

"How dare you" the bully pulled his hand back to slap him. My body acted weird and the next moment I was in between them, holding the bully's hand down. "Umm excuse me. It's illegal to bully. Besides, you should do your own work, you know." I said. But inside I was regretting the decision I made. Why am I doing this? My motto was to stay low and yet here I am holding a senior down.

"You! Let me teach you a lesson" he snapped his hand out my grip and attempted to grab me. But my reflex were fast enough that I grabbed him before he could and threw him. Did I mention I know martial arts? Jason thought It was good idea to teach me some. Women can protect themselves.

I helped the boy up, but he whined. His leg was injured pretty badly. "are you alright? I will help you to the infirmary".

The bully pushed me down when I was distracted and I hit my head pretty badly on the lockers. Blood gushed out. I heard weird voices in my head." SAVE ME SAVE ME SAVE ME". These words repeated over and over. Soon I saw footsteps and teachers gathering around us. Helping me up and getting myself to the infirmary. On the way, I blacked out.

I woke up with a bandage on my head. It was pretty small. "you are awake. How you feeling?" the nurse asked. "I am doing good. Thank you." i answered. Great, I missed the great event of exploring the Human body. "I was worried cause you were unconscious. If you feel OK, you can go now" the nurse explained. Its been 1 hour. I missed my first class.

I nodded and wrapped my hijab back to my head. For medical purposes, we can remove it. As I made my way out, I saw the boy I saved, waiting in the doorway. " thank you soo much. And I am sorry. I am will. Will Smith." he extended his hand. My brother's words repeated over my head 'stay out of trouble and do not talk to boys' . In spite of that, I took his hand, "I am Sarah. Just Sarah."

"oh We were called to the principal's office. Seems like the guy got in trouble" he lead the way to the principal office. On our way, I decided to ask what happened after I blacked out. " the senior ran away before the teachers could arrive. Probably scared. And you were brought to the infirmary while I was explaining the details to the teachers. That's all is" he explained.

"how is your leg?" I asked. "it's pretty good . No probs. I hope you are good too" to which I nodded. "what was the senior's name by the way?" just to feed my warning brain. "Ryan." he replied.

Suddenly, a group of people ran towards us. Not particularly towards us, past us. Will grabbed one of the guys, probably his friend and asked, "Jack, what's wrong?". He was a blonde, tall and in the science buds group. I have seen him always hanging out with a group of guys. Blondes are easily noticeable.

"Ryan jumped off the building." his words freezed me in the spot. Just now he was beating us up and suddenly he killed himself.it's weird . What the hell is going on?