My Faculties

Chapter one

Round and round,
I'm spinning with no thought as to how I got to this point yet I look livid and still manage to smile.
A smile of bitter sweet, with no intention to, I lift myself off the floor, the floor that I laid on for over two hours
Suddenly eager to read again as I grabbed my notepad and started off with chemistry
It would've been gold if I understood the book in my hands but I just couldn't
As my mind drift away into what seems like a dark pit

I am jerked awake by the one person I didn't feel like seeing today, maybe because she's always nagging me about everything

All of a sudden kayle shouts my name and goes on
"El you shouldn't always be like this, you are always dark and dreary and not only has it become second nature to you but you still manage to make it worse every time"

I snort quietly, trying hard not to make kayle more angrier than she already is
"El are you listening?" Kayle shouts

I say yes half heartedly
She's the very one person I'm stuck with in college, it wasn't supposedly a bad thing until she started trying to "mum" me every time

Kayle goes on to nag some more then talked about a party happening today but I wasn't exactly listening, I just wanted her gone so I can drift away into my uncanny adventure

Like she could hear my thoughts
Kayle stood up and left shouting a bye as she did

As tired as I seemed I still couldn't bring myself to stand up as though to shut the door after Kayle left

But after all, to me life is meaningless and I am meaningless to life

Here I am sluggishly going through the door where there's loud music
Funny thing was that the folks went loud with every crescendo
And then I thought to myself "why in the world did I come to the very last place I'd like to be?"

I just picked up my phone and texted Kayle then drew a stool next to the bartender who raises a brow as if asking me what I wanted to drink

"Water for the lady" a man says, drawing the stool next to mine
"I'm Tarik, an engineering major and I've seen you around"

"I'm Eliane and I'm a chemistry major" I say half heartedly

"Wow, that's great"
"What are you doing all alone here?"he yells over the loud music

I tried to yell back saying I'm not alone but I'm interrupted by Kayle
Who glances at me then back at Tarik as if trying to ask what's going on

Tarik then introduced himself to her and she does the same half smiling
"El, I didn't know you had company, if I did I wouldn't have rushed over here"

I just flash her an offbeat smile
"You are El?" Tarik says
"That name sounds too familiar"