Just Another High School Story!

She did not shed a tear or become angry, instead she assumed her fake aura and 'quack laughed'. Ethan knew how hurt she must have felt, because in no less than a second, he tore down the whole board, ripping off the photos, and lists, everything, it's better off without it. He then turned around and screamed to the high school kids who had summoned while they inspected the situation, "Whichever bastard did this, once I find you, I'll send you straight to hell, I promise." That said, he grabbed Leah's hand and took her with him, she had tried to force his hand away but he wasn't planning on letting go. He took her to the newsroom, which I'll now call 'their place', seems only fitting, and pushed her inside. Then without explaining anything, he hugged her, she did not push him away, instead, tears started spilling out of her eyes, she tried to control them but failed miserably, she was weeping silently, she had gotten pretty good at suppressing her voice but her heart was tired, she needed someone to love her, she wasn't desperate for love, in a way, we're all desperate for love, however, she was in the need of it, she wanted it and just like that, she fell in love without knowing it.

Of course, the path that they would have to tread to reach each other would be filled with difficulties, but the harder the test, the sweeter the reward.

After she cried her heart out, in his arms, on his shoulder, they left the room and everyone had quieted down, no one talked about what happened, Ethan made this happen by threatening, literally everyone, through text, anyone who dared to disobey cool boy as they called him would die. Knowing his fury, the guys didn't utter a word, however, Mindy wasn't done yet. That evening during class, everyone's cell phones beeped at the same time, a rare sight as even the teacher looked up from his book, and stared at them. Everyone checked their phones under their desks except for Leah and Ethan, then everyone started whispering, and it was the annoying way of whispering in which every word was so clear as if one were screaming it, they were saying, "No more, she's our principal's favourite, look at this." E turned his head around to look at the people to tell them to shut up with frustration, when suddenly a video played, and in the video, Leah was crying, Ethan and his friends surrounded her, it was when they had gone camping, the expression on Leah's face changed and she immediately got up and ran to the restroom. Everyone was facing each other gossiping, Ethan had to stay, and watch the video to remember, he remembered the moment he'd done it, he was in a really bad mood after having a fight with his family, poor Leah had gotten caught in the crossfire. They were cutting her hair with scissors, she had had long hair for the longest time, it was her pride, everyone had made so much fun of her after that, that she had taken a week off, Ethan was saying, "Fatty doesn't need so much hair to cover her, she's ugly with or without. Her long hair must add weight to her already heavy body, I'm just doing you a favour." Then they flooded her with ice cold water, she'd fallen seriously ill too. All these were things that haunted her-- and the worst part was that Ethan had done them-- he had done those things and she still had these wounds fresh in her memory.

In the restroom, she splashed her face with water, I must have been crazy, "She soliloquised and looked in the mirror at herself, condescendingly, "He hurt you and he might do it again, but what are you doing?" she remembered how hurt she had felt when she got home and got scolded by her parents, they knew about how Ethan had bullied her but her mother unleashed all her fury on her, saying she was doomed as she looked ugly with short hair, Leah had run out of her house and gotten into a little accident with a guy who was drunk driving, her ankle had gotten twisted and her mother had consistently teaser her, saying, "You always knew how to make a mess."

All these memories, so many painful moments, and words, they all came rushing back to her, and last night's bliss had become today's despair, she felt like she would explode, she had started to just like Ethan but now realised that she was just a pathetic teenager. Like everyone said.

She opened her bag and stared binging on chocolates, one after another, not realising when she had eaten two entire bars, she stopped and grew horrified because she was still hungry. Then she remembered the milk that Ethan had offered her, "Sugar free, my ass!" Then she did it again, and in no less than five minutes she'd gotten everything she'd eaten out of her system, how? By purging of course, no need to even ask, she cried a little in the bathroom, and then started laughing like crazy. She had become insane. That was, at least, what she thought and believed, "Well," she said to herself, getting a hold of herself, "If I'm gonna go down, let's sink deeper." Then she put on her facade and walked out like normal, when Ethan who had followed after her and was waiting in the hallway, saw her come out, he ran to her, instead of saying something, she walked right past him, her eyes cold, her steps quick but most of all, she looked at him with contempt and hate, he felt like someone had shot an arrow in his chest, he felt pained by that look, he was used to getting that look from his dysfunctional family but he had hoped that Leah would be the one who would never look at him like that but what now, everything was ruined, could Ethan take Leah's hate and anger, could he withstand the pressure, or should he surrender and let what he had found yesterday, a beautiful memory remain a memory. These questions arose in his mind and he felt like someone was taking air out of him, he went to the rooftop and sure enough, Leah was there she was crying, her eyes red and she was looking down at the road from the rooftop, even though there were fences, she could easily pry open one of them and jump, she thought about a lot of things, but suicide was not on her mind today, she felt under pressure, she wanted to become the change she wanted to see in the world, but she felt like it was easier said than done, she felt like it was too hard. Ethan was about to come up to her, she was totally unaware of his presence, lost in her reverie, suddenly, she wiped her tears and yelled, "You can't take something that's entirely mine!", she yelled to the sky, and afterwards, she turned around and started looking at some documents, of course, Ethan had totally forgotten, the recess was in 20 minutes, so was there first broadcast, they hadn't done anything yet.

When did everything go so wrong, they were happy yesterday??