Forget Me Not.

chapter 1

 
   Birthdays? What's so special about them...? It's just an another day..



Pass the dark clouds? 

  Grab my blue sky?

  Claim the shining morning? 

     It's been many years since I had decided those optimistic goals. It's been years and still the dark clouds have not passed from my life.. I have been so used to them now.

   Another year has passed as I watch the date change after striking the 0 o' clock and I welcome my 28th birthday. The darkness fill in my small apartment as I blow out the candles. In silence I cut my cake in hope that this year finally something good will happen.

   A new morning comes, and just like every day I get ready to go to my school. No, I wasn't in the 10th grade even after all those years.. I teach history at my school. It's been three years I'm there and thanks to that stable job I had bought myself a little apartment. Of course, on loan. I'm not that rich you see. Though it wasn't in my plan to live without my parents until my marriage but because my mom's nagging and frequent fights about my lifestyle and staying single till now, I decided that it was better to stay away without my parents.

    I do have a normal job and stable income but I was still single. I had tried dating once but I realized it wasn't for me. I was awkward, shy and too weird for everyone. I don't know why it is so hard for other people to understand me.

But it was okay..

"Good morning!" I smiled brightly as I entered the teachers' office greeting other teachers.

  "ah, Seri! Where are the class 2's forms? you collected them right?" my previous teacher and now senior Mrs. Jung sohee asks me as soon as I step inside the teachers' office.

 "yes.. I had put them in your desk yesterday, in the middle drawer." I smile as I answer her.

 " god, how many times should I tell you not to put things in that drawer? Do you know I was searching for them from last 15 minutes! Just put them ON my desk."

"but, ma'am last time you instructed me to put any papers in that drawer when I putted on the desk." I softly said.

    " what? I never said that. I always told you to put papers ON my desk.. miss Seri were you even listening to my instruction? You know right this all get written down in the remarks of your performance? This is your third year teaching, how are you gonna survive in this competitive world if you can't remember what you had been told to do?

     I'm speaking as your senior and your teacher.. get your head out of clouds! Take things more seriously. Back in my days, we can't even look in the eyes of our seniors! And now, you young people. Answering back without even apologizing for your mistakes! –"

Ring!!!!!

" Jung teacher.. it's time for the class. miss Seri understands her mistake.. don't you miss Seri?" my colleague teacher shin woyeon says.

" ah yeah, I'm sorry ma'am." I apologize.

  " fine. Hope you don't do the same mistake again." Mrs. Jung walks away after warning me.

" don't take it to heart miss Seri. You know how Jung teacher is right? go to your class now. Fighting!" my other senior shin woyeon says to me as Mrs. Jung goes away.

    As expected from her... no one ever stood up for themselves in front of Jung teacher. Jung sohee my school teacher and now senior was the relative of the founder of our school. Standing up in front of her was like almost signing a resignation. She always act like she own this school and give us salary from her own pockets. She is bossy but I have a special spot in her eyes. She can't seem to get enough of bullying and overworking me. always yelling me in front of other teachers for things I'm not responsible to do in first place.