Sunset Camp

Prologue (Part. 1)

Trigger Warning - This part of the prologue includes sexual and physical assault.

"Ah, finally it's my 17th birthday tomorrow!" I said with a voice of relief.

Being 17 so soon, it really feels so thrilling, it's sending chills through my whole body.

It feels weird, how I once was a kid, who barely could walk or even talk, a kid who tip-toed and tripped over when he tried to stand on it's two legs. 

Now I am almost ready to start exploring my world and find a meaning for it. I cannot wait! I am so nervous and excited for the path that I'll be taking.

As I check the time on my phone, it's 11:57, June 23, 2019 

"It's almost time. I wonder if Mike will be the first one to wish me a happy birthday." I thought to myself, with a little hope.

We haven't been on good terms lately ever since that one incident on March. 

He has been very absent, hasn't been responding to any of my messages on time, he even left me on delivered even for days, but I still don't mind, I love him, I mean... he is my boyfriend after all. Losing him would be impossible, right?

The time on my phone strikes 12:03, June 24, 2019, slowly I could see notifications pop up from my friends, my family members, all wishing me happy birthday, but there wa no notification with Mike's name in there. I became a little worried.

"Maybe he's just asleep. Right?" I thought while laying on bed, looking at the ceiling with my phone on my chest. I don't know if he forgot, or if it slipped his mind, but I doubt he'd actually forget it. I couldn't take my mind off from it.

"Did I do something wrong, why isn't he texting, is he mad at me for something?" I started to become more frustrated and all.

The time now is 12:14, and suddenly a notification pops up. "Mike is typing..."

I jump from my bed out of joy almost throwing my phone away, luckily I didn't. 

"I knew he didn't forget, he's not like that." I said out loud.

Rushing to open the notification, I noticed that he's been typing for a while.

I thought to myself like wow, he's really putting some thought and effort into this, and maybe he's finally sorry for what he did, I was kind of expecting an apology from him too. Unknowingly I accidentally closed the chat.

The message was delivered with the notification "Mike sent a chat.". I opened it again, both my eyes widen.

"Hey.. Tim, I don't know how to say this to you, it's been on my mind for quite a while, and I thought it's finally time to be real with you. I know we've dated for Two years and all that, but I don't see myself having a future where you're in it. I am very sorry but I want to break up with you."

I literally froze, I felt like my brain suddenly stopped working.

While thoughtless, tears began to flow like rivers from my eyes, I didn't understand what was happening, or why. 

The room became smaller and darker, it was beginning to suffocate me, I felt like I was going blind, I started bawling my eyes out, hitting my head against the wall, thinking it could be my fault for this. 

Why was this happening, especially on the day of my birthday, isn't it the day that I'm supposed to be the happiest?

Since it was the middle of the night, silently I got up from my bed, went to the bathroom, sat on the floor and crawled like a lost child, soundlessly crying, I lowkey think I fell asleep there.