Her Last Smile (ongoing)

CHAPTER 1

Without even realizing it herself! She made him realize, how precious a smile is...

23rd! It's was Ethan's 23rd birthday. He was sitting in his living room. Few of Ethan's friends from his job were there. He was sitting near the gifts. When a guy named Andrew from his work asked him, "What was the best birthday gift you've ever received"?...

He replied, "A smile!.. And here the story starts...

11 years ago. Skye! Skye was 12 years. Walking around the school paths alone wearing a nasal cannula, looking down at the floor. As the bell rang the children rushed into the classroom. She quietly sat, with her hands on her chin, looking like, as if she didn't care about the world. The teacher announced, "Listen up children! We have a new student in our class". Everyone was waiting to see who he/she was. A boy walked in with a smiley face.
Teacher, "Everybody! This is Ethan, he is 12 years old just like you guys, and he is new in our school, so be nice to him and help him". Everyone smiled and greeted him, he smiled back, but he noticed that one girl (Skye) was not smiling, she was looking down as if nothing happened. He thought that maybe she wasn't in the mood at that time so he ignored that.

5 periods later! The English teacher was late, so the class was enjoying, talking to each other, roaming here and there, throwing papers and other stuff, but Skye was there sitting alone. After a few minutes, the teacher came and started teaching the a chapter from the literature book. The teacher was telling lame jokes and funny incidents of him to the class, so that the students will be more interested. Everyone was laughing, except Skye, Ethan saw her, she was still looking down. That thing attracted him! He thought that "Something is bothering her, every time I look at her she is always like this". He was so curious to know that why she was like that?

After the school he went behind her, everyone was with someone but she was all alone walking by herself at the corner. He was going forward to talk to her and suddenly he heard two boys whispering about her, "Should we go and talk to Skye? I think no, she is never in mood... No, let's not interfere... We don't know what she'll do". Ethan stopped and continued following her. Soon she walked out of the school gate and went home, Ethan went home too.
He was very, very curious to know that what was up with her! Why is she like that?