Chapter 57

2021.09.13

The dresses are still stocked up and I was stressing out about it. The lockdown was killing everybody mentally and it took away a life from the downtown. It was a girl in her teens. She was stressed out by the lockdown and she gave up on living. I think his lockdown was making many of crazy but I being an introvert it did not matter so much it mattered to my father who was always on the street and surrounded by people. In the morning my mother called me out. There was panic in her voice. It was a message from the university. It said that they had accepted my application and they are going through it. I was happy that they had received the application and they have not rejected it at all. I did not share the good news to anyone because I do not know if it will be a success and that I will land in to become a doctor after all.

My mother called one of her friend's whose daughter us a junior of mine and asked if she had got any messages but it seemed like she had not. She got better rank and cut off marks than me. I think many people did not attach any extra-curricular certificates but I did. May be it played a trick. I had a lot of worth certificates. When I was applying, my mother was blaming herself for not letting me become a prefect. It would have done well for the application. The application reminds me of Mr. J. J. Fortune. During the application signing from the Principal and I saw Mr. J. J. Fortune. And of course I was not in uniform with a mask on. I wanted to avoid him but then again he was still my teacher and if he had noticed me he will absolutely tell everyone in the school. I already have enough of hatred going around. So I went up to Mr. J. J. Fortune and said, 'Hello sir.' He was confused because of the mask or maybe he was not. Then I removed my face and revealed my face and he just nodded and walked past me as if he never cared for me. Back in days he would drool with his students. I could tell he was avoiding me on purpose. I chuckled and left with the signed papers to post to the university.

2021.09.16

We got our cards to get our Covid-19 Vaccination. My sister was below twenty years old so she was excused today. Below twenty age children will be on another day.

My father took me to the place where I was going to get vaccinated. They had taken a school as the place this time. No hospitals are taken as the place for vaccination. The line was really long. There was more than hundred people in line. My father sighed and dropped me off with my mother's cellphone. I was like the hundred and eighty third person standing in the line. A man was coming and asking the people on the line from what area was we from. He came towards me and asked, "What area are you from?" "From the uptown." "Near the forest?" I nodded yes in reply and he asked me to step forward and not wait in line to in. I went down along the line with eyes on me. I went to the check point to get a form to fill in. They checked for my name in the register and handed out a form to fill. I was directed in to a room to sit down and fill the form. I filled the form and got entrance to get a card to get the vaccination. I showed my Identity Card and got the card and went to the place to get injected with the vaccine. The place was occupied with security from the Special Defense Force. When I was about to enter to get injected with 'Moderna', "You scared?" The officer who was in the door way asked me and I smiled with my eyes and shook my head 'No'. He gave me a thumbs up and I went in.

I sat down on the chair. I was getting it on my left hand. I was slightly scared of the pain. But then again I dared not to scream or flinch because there were columns and columns of people sitting in front of me. It will be embarrassing to scream or cry. I gave out a poker face but within I was running around the hall saying 'No'. And out of all the people I saw a familiar person. It was Daniel.

It stung when the needle pierced into the skin to the vein. I sat frozen. I saw Daniel looking at me. 'Please do not embarrass yourself Anna' I kept chanting to myself. I went and sat down in a column in front of me. We had to wait for twenty minutes to check if we were showing any negative reaction to the vaccination. Daniel was watching me. I turned my head and said hi. He nodded too. His time was up so he left the hall. I waited for another ten minutes and left the hall.

I saw Daniel waiting outside. He lifted his hand and waved at me. He was waiting for me. I raised my hand in response. "You only?" "Yeah" I replied. "Was it painful?" he was flooding questions at me. "No, it was not that bad. How is it for you?" "Same. It is really nice to see you after all these months." "Me too." I am bad at conversation to be honest. And especially if it is a guy. "Still doing the cakes?" "Yep. But these days we stopped because of the covid, lockdown and all." "Better. Should stay safe. Okay then I am no my way. Bye!" "Give my regards to your mother without saying it was from a girl." He smiled and left. His mother was a teacher in our school and his mother does not like him hanging out with girls. He also said that he was caught by his parents dating too. He was really dating a lot I guess. More like he is desperate to find his spouse. And yeah about the cake. I and my mother made one for him under the theme of a Korean movie although he hates it so much. It was for a girl who is his friend. And he even posted on the stargram. He came to my home and got it. Do not worry my mother knows him by now. When he stepped to my home he was pretty impressed by my house. Like who would not be. May be some would not be. However, he even commented on my cat that ran away last month.

I called my father to come pick me up. I waited till Daniel was out of sight to call my father because I do not want to get caught talking with a guy even though my mother knows he is just a friend. My father will definitely overreact. So why the dare? My father came in ten minutes to pick me up and I went home.

I changed my clothes and put them to the washer. I fell flat on my bed. It was exhausting standing for two hours in line. My arm started showing pain. My pain receptors in my neck, back of my left shoulder blade and all the way to my left arm were working in relatively high rate. My head was not in good condition either. I slept for six hours straight and I did not even know that time has passed so fast. My mother did not wake me up. I slowly groaned when I moved my left hand. I showed p in the kitchen. Father was having a tea with buns. "How is the arm?" "Not good." I took a plate out and served lunch at six thirty in the evening. I could not eat. I was not hungry but I forced myself to eat because I really do need energy.

2021.09.17

The pain has ceased a little now. I cannot lift my hand really high nor do circles. My neck was at ease but I was tired. It was hard sleeping because I was on my periods. So the girls can imagine how much I was going through. The lower tummy having a WWE match and my arm was having a rugby match. I pulled myself to the washroom to get changed and have breakfast. My mother is not a fan of us sleeping past eight in the morning. You got wake up do the house hold work and wash and then you can go back to sleep if you want to. I did not have any work today because the maid came to help mother out.

I texted Sally if she had her vaccination. She said no because she was going to have an examination and she did not want to be in pain. Sally was doing a one and half year Diploma in Pharmacy. And she will be doing a B.Sc in medical privately while I was waiting for the government university. And many others in my class were either getting married or doing classes online or doing courses to get to their dreams. I was here at home doing nothing at all. I wished Sally luck and cut the line short.

2021.09.29

I was almost over with my book. I was writing a novel on life of a teenager with my experiences. I submitted the last chapter on the website online. I was desperate to get money and pay back my mother and start over another business and do a course taking full responsibility. Another website were searching for an author and they seemed to like my novel. They offered me to get an exclusive contract. I was really thrilled. I messaged them via email and I am waiting till they respond. I would at least get a few grands for signing up and if my novel blew up then I will be able to publish and it goes further.

2021.10.04

They answered my email. They are now in the process of talking with their management to get my novel on board. And on the first website my novel have reached up to 20K views by now. I want more 80K views to win first place in the competition. There is plenty of time left still. I was optimistic that my novel will blow up or at least it will help me out.

2021.10.18

I am getting my second dose today. I went to the vaccination place early in the morning to come home early. I was attending a family function. One of my cousin sister, the sister who is doing the Academy was getting married after a long time in search for a spouse.

The second dose was like a ticking bomb drug. It was okay at first. The wedding is in the evening. I adored myself with a slick shimmering ivory colored dress. There were ribbon designs embodied on it with pearls hanging at the neck. I lost weight just to fit in and I have been doing exercise continuously past month.

After I was done with my makeup, we all headed to the venue. I was starting to feel drowsy. My arm began to become heavy. My mother kept checking on me if I was okay. I pretended to be okay but I was dying within. The vaccine was definitely coming out strong. Before I came to the hall I made sure to bring some paracetamol and some herbs that deal with fever. I went to one of the staff to ask for hot water to add in the herb. I sat down on a corner and slowly started gulping the herb water down. Engel came down and sat next to me. "You okay? Should we head back home?" "No. The herb water will do the trick. I already had my paracetamol tablets." She sighed. "What is it?" "I am scared that I am underage and I am tutoring kids." "I think you are doing great actually. And you already finished your diploma in software engineering at a small age. I am the one who should be worried about." "Thanks. What are you planning to do?" "I have no idea. I am trying. It is just that I do not know what field I like. Except for the fashion designing, but then again the market is high and I need money to kick start my career and I am a coward to become a seamstress." "But you should start somewhere right?" I nodded and kept the glass on the table. "Come let us go and greet the aunts." I followed Engel to the tables where my aunts were at.