TRAUMA (part 1)

Time passed and now Yves was a high school girl and unlike how she was treated as an invisible, the present Yves has grown to be quite a beauty and many at least wanted a chance to speak with her. Yves was known as the 'belle' of her school, while also being the top student of her class. She was the very definition of beauty with brains. Thus she was always surrounded by people who admired her for her beauty and intellect and also by people who were jealous of her.

Yves now grew up to be more beautiful compared to her cute little self in the past. Her perfectly proportional facial features and body, her porcelain white milky skin, contrasting her dark black long hair reaching just above her slim waist and eyes with long lashes curtaining them. She was the very definition of a perfect art crafted skillfully by a skilled master.

Girls of her class would often play pranks on her, there was one incident where she was subjected to a cold water prank, she was totally drenched in water. She went to the restroom, as she was in the stall, she heard the door opening followed by the noise of tap opening and a bucket 🪣 being filled. Soon the noises stopped. Then, the sounds of metal being dragged all the way to her door were heard and it got silent again, when suddenly water was poured on her, unable to process the situation Yves simply froze on her spot. She came to her senses when the metal sounds were heard again, hastily she hurried to open the door only to find it locked.

Panicked she shouted: Who is there? Open the door! But there was no response when the door was banged shut. Drenched all over like a puppy, she sat there gritting her teeth, feeling chills on her body. Sad and dejected, she sat there for a few minutes, when finally someone opened the door. Relieved, she thanked the girl. Yves was shivering while she made her way to the locker room to change into gym clothes. To her surprise, the clothes were covered in soil.

A pang in the heart, eyes swelled, vision blurred with tears as she collapsed on the floor sobbing, that was when a small voice made its way to her ears asking her do you want to borrow my clothes ? Yves looked up to see a petite figure standing in front of her holding clothes in both her hands. She was the same girl who opened the door and also another one of the victims of her bully classmates, when Yves entered the locker room Emma followed her there. 

They both sat next to each other after Yves changed into the clothes Emma lent her they began talking and soon shared their own misfortunes while scolding their bullies. This was the first time Yves found a person she can relate to, they skipped their noon classes and as soon as the home bell rang they went back to their class packed their bags and went home. True, misfortune brings people together. This was the beginning of a new friendship.

Soon they became best friends caring for each other, sharing pain, having lunch together, meeting on weekends and so on and so forth. One fine day, Emma invited Yves to her home as it was the weekend. It was the very first time she ever went to a friend's home, she dressed up in a beautiful yellow jumpsuit with a white inner tee, hair tied into a high ponytail and white pair of sneakers. Henry dropped her at Emma's home and promised to take her back. Emma welcomed her warmly and took her to greet her parents.

Yves greeted them with a bright smile 🙂 radiant as a sunflower 🌻 blooming under the sun. Then, Emma took Yves to her room, together they played with dolls, house and puzzles. In the middle of their playtime, Emma's mother bought them snacks and fruits 🍎🍑🍓🍇🍌 which they enjoyed with delish.

They also played in the backyard of the home. Soon it was evening, as promised Henry came to pick her up marking the end of her visit time to her friend's home. Yves was happy and chartered all the way to Henry of the time she spent at Emma's home down to the details. She told about the promise, she and Emma made to visit each other's home on weekends. Thus continued their friendship.

One day as Yves was sitting in her class her stomach started aching after telling Emma she went to the bathroom soon she found herself bleeding between her legs shocked she didn't know what to do. Yves started panicking and crying thinking she was gonna die as no one told her about becoming a lady, when Emma approached her and told her to not panic as she explained and helped her with sanitary. Emma knew all about it as she had two older sisters and she herself went through it.

Emma suggested Yves take leave from school and that she would help her inform their homeroom teacher and as an excuse for making their teacher believe and grant permission she suggested taking a picture of Yves's bloodied skirt, to which Yves agreed as she trusted her best friend.

That day and also for a few days Yves took a leave of absence for health issues. She had no idea what was going on in school as neither her best friend Emma nor Henry, whom she thought of as an older brother visited her even once.

After a few days Yves was back in school but she observed that all the students started gossiping and gave her weird glances while she passed by them. Some of them gave pitiful looks while others mock laughed. Soon she reached her classroom and went to greet Emma to which she was ignored. She then began to speak but as soon as she uttered Emma even before Yves could finish her sentence Emma walked away from her.