the tragic past of a man

Karl Peterson is a high school student who loves video games and while playing video games he also made two friends. Rainbow-Size and Mr. Size Matters both of them were much older than him but they never treated him different and both of them were true friends to him. the strange part is that they never met each other in real life but Karl could easily call them his friends.

Karl's mom always demanded A's from him. Karl wanted to be a good son so he dedicate most of his time to study and once in a while with permission of his mother he would play video games for a short time. Karl was happy even if he couldn't spend much time playing like other kids. Karl was happy with knowing that his grades would bring some joy to his mother but even when he had the best grades his mother was never smiling, not even once.

because Karl was always studying on school his social skills were lacking and he didn't know how to approach other humans of his own age so he prefer to be alone, but somehow he made four friends.

Karl wasn't the most sociable person in the world but that didn't stop him from having feelings, after all he is just a human boy so it is normal for a boy to have feelings for an equally normal girl. the problem is that Karl didn't know the meaning of a word like love nor he understood his own feelings. he called himself a man of wisdom and rational thinking but he didn't understood that irrational and foolish emotion that he felt every time he saw a certain girl. he was afraid of his own feelings and he was afraid of being unable to understand himself.

Karl wanted to talk with his nerdy friends but they didn't seem like the kind of people to understand the emotions either so he didn't saw any other option but to talk with his two friends that he met behind a video game but he was afraid that they would make fun of him so in the end he kept quiet about his own feelings.

one day Karl was walking on a hallway and he heard a noise. it will be common for him to ignore any strange noise but this time he felt something in his chest, like a gut feeling telling him that he can't ignore that noise so he follow the noise until he stopped to see the girl that he loves been push and kick by a group of girls.

at that moment he felt a strong feeling inside of his heart, it would be hard to know if he felt pain to see his crush been mistreated by those bitches or was it revulsion to see the behavior of those girls. in front of others those girl pretend to be nice but in reality they are a bunch of envious bitches whom are mistreating a good girl out of envy.

Karl waited for those girl to leave and he walked slowly towards her, Sarah is her name. he kneels looking directly at her eyes. she stands up and she seems to be angry. Karl tries to talk to her but she seems to ignore him. Sarah is walking away towards her classroom and he is following her. she turns around.

"what do you want? is it that funny to you? am I just some rare insect that you need to understand for you?"

she yields with teary eyes tired of all the bullshit.

"the first time that our eyes met I felt something on my chest, I don't know what it is but I can't stop thinking about you nor about this weird and irrational feeling inside of me..... I know that I might sound like a jerk to talk about me after seen what those bitches were doing to you, but I can't stop it. that is just how I am."

said Karl nervously unsure if he needed to explain his own feelings that he can't even comprehend.

"so..... you love me? that is why you are following me right now? you are strange and maybe you didn't notice but I am not in a position to date anyone when I am being bully..... I don't even know how I should feel about this situation."

said Sarah doubting about his intentions.

"love? what is that? is that how you called this emotion that I feel every time that I see your gorgeous face? or is it the joy that makes me cry of happiness every time I heard your angelical voice? I don't know what this 'love' is because I had never felt it before nor anyone has warned me about it, but I know that I want to protect you with my life if it is necessary. I don't want you to cry ever again unless you cry out of pure joy. I don't want you to feel pain, never again."

said Karl with teary eyes about to cry.

"that is the most corny and rare love confession that only a nerd could think about."

said Sarah smiling.

Sarah goes to her classroom and Karl stays in the hallway thinking about what she said. Karl takes his phone and he search in the internet for the meaning of the word 'love' and he is surprised when he finds the definition. what he found in the internet is accurate towards the way that he is feeling for her.

that day when Karl went to his home, he couldn't stop thinking about the word 'love' nor about Sarah. when he was having dinner with his mom she notice that he was strangely too happy when he is usually as unemotional as she is. she asked him why he was so excited and Karl looked at his plate while blushing.

"I am.... no I, I love someone."

said Karl full of joy.

"none sense, you are not a stupid kid. you are a Peterson which means that you are supposed to be rational. you are too old to believe in fairy tales like love."

said the mom disappointed in her own son.

Karl ate in silence and then he went to his room. he was on his bed looking at the ceiling trying to comprehend why his mother didn't understood that the word 'love' is more than a word and is something truly beautiful. he felt a tear falling from his eye towards his cheek. he closes his eyes and he starts to think about Sarah and he imagines that she is next to him on his bed.

"can you help me with this emotion? I don't think is okay for me to keep ignoring my feelings when I know that you might feel lonely and I can be there for you."

"is okay to cry, your tears are the prove that you are human."

the next day, when Karl was in his classroom he was thinking about Sarah. he was waiting impatiently for lunch the only time in which he could actually be able to talk with her. the class is over and Karl walks out of the classroom and he walks on the hallway trying to find her. he hears a noise and he runs towards that noise.

he looks at Sarah on the floor crying and many other students around of her. a boy makes a nasty comment and Karl punches him in the face multiple times until that boy falls on the floor. the other kids are in shock. Karl carries Sarah on his arms and he leaves walking towards the stairs and he decides to go to the lab in the school which is on the floor below. Sarah looks at him and she blushes when she realizes that he is carrying her. he looks at her with a worry gaze.

once inside of the lab Karl calls his dad. Karl looks at Sarah who is still crying (it seems like the other girls cut her clothes and they also wrote on her clothes words like "whore" and "bitch") Karl asked her for her size. Sarah misunderstand his words and she slaps him. Karl tells her that he is going to asked his dad to bring her clothes. Sarah feels uncomfortable while she tells him her size.

Karl's dad answers his phone and his voice sounds tired and happy. Karl explains to his dad that a female friend had an accident and she needs clothes. he asks his dad to bring her clothes and he tells him her size. the dad accepts and he ends the call.

Karl tells Sarah that everything is going to be fine. Sarah is confuse and she doesn't know what to say, this is the first time that someone is nice to her. Sarah walks towards him and she hugs him. Karl smiles telling himself that he is going to do everything that he can to keep her safe and to stop those bullies.

information about Karl's family: Karl's father is a journalist who dedicates his life to bring to the light the wrong doings of powerful people. Karl's mom is a lawyer who has dedicate herself to help rich and powerful people to avoid prison in cases of fraud mostly. because of differences in beliefs they got divorce.

Karl receives a message from his dad and he goes outside of the school to received the clothing and he thanks his dad. Karl goes back to the lab with the clothes. Sarah thanks him and she goes to the girls bathroom to change. Karl waits for her.

"I am not sure if I am ready for a boyfriend, but let's be friends for the moment."

said Sarah glad to had someone who cares for her.

"yes, I like that idea."

said Karl unable to contain his happiness.

the girls who bullied Sarah were four and each of them were daughters of powerful people. in a moment of desperation Karl asked his father to investigate the parents of those girls and his father found some nasty things about them. Karl used that information to blackmail the girls. two of them moved to different schools and the other two stooped bullying Sarah.

for the next months Sarah was able to had some peace on school and she had beautiful moments alongside Karl, their friendship grow stronger. everything was fine but one of the girls didn't forget him for blackmailing her and her unjustified hatred towards Sarah seemed to grow every day. Karl believed that his future was bright and colorful but not even him could predict his future.

the girl that hated Sarah for no good reason is Giovanna. she couldn't give up on her hatred so she decided to take 'vengeance' on Sarah by sending someone to teach her a lesson. she thought that her idea was so smart that Karl could never proved that it was her.

Giovanna knew of a student that was known for brutally attacked other students. he couldn't be called a "bully" because he was beyond the definition of those words. he was psychotic and most students were waiting for the moment that he could be expelled from the school. Giovanna knew that he had a not so secret crush on her so she decided to make a deal with him.

"if you teach a lesson to a girl that I hate, I would accept to be your girlfriend."

those were her words.

the next week Karl was walking towards his school and he saw a pack of crows looking at him like a bad omen of some cruel twist of the destiny. Karl ignored the omen thinking that it wasn't anything important because he had decided to asked Sarah to be his girlfriend. after so many months he has the strength to properly confess his feelings, is true that at first he didn't know the meaning of love but after so much at her side he has learned not just the meaning but to accept it as a gift of the gods.

for Karl that was just another day in classes learning the same boring thing of always. Karl couldn't wait to confess his feelings to Sarah. the only class that they had together was the last one so he was waiting for the lunch. finally the bell rings and he runs towards the stairs (they always meet each other on the stairs.)

after waiting a few minutes Sarah was finally there at his side. she had such a bright smile that a few tears fall from his eyes. Karl asked her a few questions and she answer every question with a smile.

"can you tell me your three favorite drinks? and colors?"

asked Karl curious.

"I love to drink hot chocolate, coconut milk and coffee, if you asked me which coffee in specific I choose a Latte.... my favorite colors are yellow, light brown and orange."

said Sarah feeling so much joy.

"the reason why I asked you that is because I want to know you a little bit more before... before my next words. I Karl Peterson am in love with you, do you want to be my girlfriend? and if possible in a future to be my bride? if you don't want to I would understand but I...."

"why do you add an "if" to your confession, my sweet nerd. your confession is so corny and nerdy at the same time. yes, I want to be your girlfriend and I had been waiting for a long time for this proper confession."

"I love you, you had no idea of how much I love you?"

"please don't cry, I love you more."

they hug each other. before lunch time is over they say goodbye to each other and Karl goes to the bathroom. he does his needs and while he is washing his hands he remembers that for the past few days he has seen Giovanna behaving in a strange way and he is worry that she might try to do something to his girlfriend, Sarah.

fun facts about Karl: Karl has a few qualities but one of those is that he is really smart. another one is that he has a photographic memory which means that he can remember things with only looking at them once, also that is the main reason why he has good grades on school. his final quality is that he is nice and cares for others.

for the rest of the day Karl felt something strange, it was like a gut feeling warning him of something that would happen and of what he didn't had control. in his last class Karl was glad to see Sarah so he told to himself that everything was going to be fine. when the class was over Sarah went out first because she wanted to go to the bathroom and Karl took a few minutes talking with his friends.

after five minutes he said goodbye to his friends, he took Sarah's backpack and he walked outside of the class smiling thinking about his now girlfriend. he looks at two guys walking towards him, they had bats on their hands stained with fresh blood. he felt that something was wrong so he run towards the bathroom and he saw Sarah on the floor bleeding from her head and it was clear that they brutally attacked her with those bats until she felt on the floor. Karl falls on his knees crying.

"it is my fault if I had never acted as an idiot you wouldn't be in this situation."

"before you entered on my life..... I though about taking my own life.... in multiple occasions, you made me.... you made me happy, thanks to you.... I was able to appreciate my life and enjoy of it with a smile."

said Sarah who is barely conscious at the moment.

"I can't lose you, you gave meaning to my life."

yields Karl.

Karl screams and yields in horror while he holds the right hand of his girlfriend and he look in front of him. he looks at Giovanna holding the hand of a guy who has some blood on his t-shirt. Giovanna smirks with a gaze of pride like if she had accomplish something. Karl's scream no longer sounds human at some point until a teacher arrives and he informs him that an ambulance is coming to the school.

Sarah's brain suffer so much damage that she enter on a coma and it was unlikely that she would ever wake up again. Karl asked his father to help him with his vengeance. he explain to his father what happened and he asked him to find anything on the parents of the boys. he wanted them to suffer with their parents on prison.

on a month the families of both boys (the ones Karl saw with the bats) were accuse of fraud and they lost their properties. Giovanna's boyfriend wanted to be a model so Karl found the way to burned him badly enough to destroy his dreams.

one day Giovanna was on the roof of the school waiting for Karl who asked her to meet him in the roof. after a few minutes Karl arrives with a calm face and he walks slowly towards her. Giovanna asks him if he plans on doing something. she threats him with making public his father's identity and whereabouts.

"if you are afraid about me blackmailing you again you are wrong. I am not here to warn you nor threat you because the person that I wanted to protect is no longer here. if you are wondering then what am I doing in here? well the answer is simple I came like a sword of justice to avenge my beloved Sarah."

said Karl with teary eyes.

Karl approaches her with lifeless eyes and pale skin. he kisses Giovanna. he feels her tongue and lips for a few minutes then he bites her lips. he pushes her away.

"how romantic, did your so called "love" change now that Sarah is no longer alive nor the most pretty girl in the school? if you get on your knees I might keep you as my favorite toy."

said Giovanna with arrogance.

"no, you are wrong. that wasn't a romantic kiss, but what in the mafia they call a kiss of death."

said Karl with an evil grin.

Karl whispers on Giovanna's ears letting her know that he wrote a suicide note with her handwriting and her name on it. he pushes her with so much strength that she falls off the roof. he looks at her body bleeding out in the pavement before he leaves.