Water and Desert

5-Last Lesson

"Are you really gonna leave?"

The boy asked looking at him with his big brown eyes. This 15 year old boy wanted to do something big in his life for sure. He started to adore Shawn so much more for the last few days.

"Yes."

Shawn said looking at his eyes which were full of hopes. He didn't want to break his heart. Shawn remembered when he was like him and Paul John was standing in his own place. He used to look at him with the same hopeful eyes. Every year, bunch of boys from the shelter home came to Shawn for training. Shawn used to train them for free. It was his kind of payback to the place which gave him a place to live and reason to survive. He only took fee from families who could afford it.

"Can you bring me with you.. please."
Ryan was still hopeful. He was kinda attached to Shawn in such a less time and that was the connection he created with his every student.

"Do you want to come with me?" He asked politely.

The boy was now done wearing his gloves while Shawn was wrapping the straps on his hands.

"Yes I want to come, I like getting training from you."
The boy replied, a light litting up his eyes.

"Don't worry, Omer is a really good trainer. You will like him too."
Shawn smiled at him. A rare thing he did.

"Who's Omer?"

"Your new trainer, I'll hand you over to him. He's a really good friend of mine and a really good boxer. You will love him."

Omer was Shawn's colleague and a nice man who was appointed as a boxing trainer at their boxing gym a year ago. After Shawn's departure, he was gonna take his place and would train all of Shawn's student but Shawn instructed him especially to take great care of Ryan.

"I don't think so, you are the best."
He blurted out.

"Look!" Shawn put his hands on both of his shoulders, gesturing to look up at him. "It's your last day with me, so here's your last lesson. You've to keep it in your mind forever."

The boy noded.

"Always remember, you are the best..no one else around you has the ability that you possess, even I, coz every human has been created with the special power that no one other can possess except you. You got it?"

Ryan noded again and Shawn continued.

"Don't depend on someone for help, the only person you should depend on is yourself. To be a better boxer or better human the first thing you'll have to learn is to have a faith in yourself and when I say yourself.. I meant it, it's can't be your trainer nor your best friend or any other human on earth."

"I understood and I'll remember it." The boy said with confidence. He was now sure what he wanted for himself and also only he could get it for himself.

"Good now warm up for a physical war."
Shawn instructed and gave him a glance. He saw himself in that boy. The same boy who was all alone with only hope by his side.

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13 years ago;

Shawn sat on the stairs of his school before opening the lunch box his mother had prepared for him. He put the lid of box aside and pulled out a sandwich when a boy came to him and snatched it away.

"This chicken legs is having a chicken sandwich alone."

The boy who was healthier and taller than him spoke loudly at which the other girls and boys who came along with him started laughing. Shawn couldn't speak, his mouth went dry. He was scared of that boy coz he pushed him from his bicycle before and he fell in the dig.

"What? Why you staring at me like that..you want your sandwich back, who made it for you by the way your dad?" The other boy said with a grin on his face.

The whole school knew that his father died two years ago but no one knew that his mother married to another person except his best friend or atleast he thought she's his best friend.

"My mom." Shawn replied with a trembling voice, tears started whelming in his eyes.

"Oooh your mom, who married that bald man who's now your father right."

Shawn froze in his position. He was shocked coz no one knew about it. His gaze went to Samantha who was standing at some distance looking at him but she bent down her head when Shawn looked back at her.

"He is not my father."
He said now with anger in his words.

"Why Shawn? we heard he beats your ass daily...Is it true.." The boy and his group again started laughing at him. Shawn looked at Samantha and she turned her head away.

"Give me my sandwich back." He said firmly.

"You want this sandwich back." The boy said lifting the hand grabbing sandwich in air and came closer to him."Take it."

Shawn stretched his arm to grab it but he pulled away his hand and dropped it down on the ground and every person around them started laughing loudly. Suddenly something came in Shawn. He pushed that boy on ground and started punching in his face until the peon ran in between them and took them to the principal office.

Shawn gave a glare to Samantha while heading to the office, telling her that he knew, she told everyone. He was so disappointed coz she made a promise to him that she'd never tell this to anyone and it will remain a secret but she broke it. He was suspended for a week from school but he learned that he won't trust anyone in his life again not even his mom. He was ready to fight the whole world alone.

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