When love finds you

Damian Priest One shot. Fresh Start

This story is dedicated to @nemracdz2 

These last couple months have been hard. School has been getting harder and work has been unbearable. I have been thinking of quitting. People always say that college is better. They say that everyone is much nicer and that you won't get bullied, but everything is the same as it was in high school if not maybe even worse. You would think that with all of us being adults and knowing better we would treat each other better, but everything is the same. I hoped that work would have been different, but my coworkers are so mean and make sure to make every single one of my shift's hell. I have been trying to hide how miserable I am from my mom, but I think she is starting to suspect that there is something wrong. I have become quieter and I spend most of the time in my room avoiding her.

I know that I should tell her, so she doesn't worry, but I don't want here to feel bad for me. You see we moved here two years ago, because my mom got a new job, and it was the last semester of my senior year. She felt very bad about taking me away from my lifelong friends, but ever since my dad left, we had to figure things out on our own and this new job was our saving grace. I was bullied a little bit at my last school, but it was nothing compared to how I got bullied at my new high school. It was so bad that I started having suicidal thoughts and started seeing a therapist. When I started college, everything was good. I started to make friends and fit in. I even started seeing this guy, but things didn't work out and he decided that it was his mission to make my life hell since I didn't want to sleep with him. He started rumors about me and well everyone believed him. That is when the bullying started up again.

I have been dealing with it for a year and a half now. I wonder sometimes if I move away to someplace where nobody knows me if I can get a fresh start and be able to live my life without constantly being bullied and feeling like I don't belong, but then I think about how my mom would feel if I left her alone and I guess she is that thing stopping me. I am about to start my Junior year and I must decide if I stay at the community college I got to or if I should transfer to one of the bigger state universities. I haven't told me mom, but I applied to Universities out of state. I don't know if I will even get in, but It is nice to imagine being able to have that fresh start. Today I got home from work to find my mom in the kitchen cooking dinner.

"Hi mom, can I help you with something?"

"You don't have to. I know you are tired."

"I am not tired and would really like to help." She hands me the dishes

"Well then, can you please set the table for three people please and use the nice plates."

"Three people, mom who is coming over?"

"Well, I know that you have been busy with work and school and I haven't seen you much, but I started seeing someone and he wants to meet you."

"Mom you have a boyfriend?"

"We have just been going to dinner and hanging out for about a month, so I would call him a friend."

"Ok sounds like a boyfriend to me."

"Hey baby, one more thing. This was in the mail today." Your mom hands you four envelopes from different universities. "Why didn't you tell me you were applying to out of state Universities for your Junior year?"

"Sorry mom I don't want to leave you here alone."

"Carmen, you don't have to worry about me. I am an adult, and I will be fine. I want you to do whatever will make you happy. I know you have been having a hard time and If having a fresh start somewhere else will help you then I am 100% supportive of your decision." You walk over and give your mom and hug.