🥀~Ever wondered what would happen if one day you just...snapped?
Always seems like the closer you get to gaining happiness...something, or rather someone gets in your way. But are you really willing to let it happen again? No, not this time.
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I got up from the bench while holding on to my backpack straps tightly and slowly walked towards the secret exit. "It's for the best..." I went down on my knees and crawled out of the missing glass window slot without any problems; another perk of being small added to the list. I looked around the street, making sure that no one was around and lucky me, not a single person in sight. I took the opportunity and started walking, not looking back. I was so nervous, I've never ditched school like this before but I couldn't stand another moment being there, I just really wanted to be free from that hell hole. As I was walking and deciding what my next move should be, something in me told me to turn around even if it meant having to look at the school.
Trusting my gut feeling I did and instantly I felt a strange yet enticing energy pull towards the forest behind the huge building in front of me. The way the trees happily swayed back and forth in unison just screamed for my attention. Almost like it was its way of telling me to join it. It felt like the forest was calling my name personally, like it needed me. Like no one in this world can ever understand it other than me and that made me feel special; the feeling of being wanted and needed.
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That alone was enough to convince me to continue to trust my gut instinct and give in. "I'll never get another opportunity like this if I don't take it. Come on Luna, this is what you've always wanted." I said, trying to convince myself of the idea. In pure eagerness I speed walked around the campus while keeping an eye out. So much was going through my mind, the feeling of nervousness, temptation and eagerness. But the one emotion that overruled it all was excitement. For once in a long time, I'm actually doing something for myself and it feels overly amazing. Look at me, I'm actually ditching school and finally going inside the forest that has been calling my name since the beginning of the semester. Almost feels like I'm being a bad girl breaking rules and boundaries, but in a good way. This alone caused me to smirk at the idea. A rule breaker, a rebel.
After climbing up the hill, I stood there face to face with the forest that has been calling my name for months. Being this close, I can hear the birds chirping, some singing even. The sound of the wind blowing through the bushes causing them to sing a shower like song and all the while the trees join in and chime. Chime? The chiming wasn't caused by the trees but from the school behind me, realizing that lunch was over. That surely meant that kids would be walking around the campus heading towards their last class of the day and could potentially see me. Not thinking twice, I jog into the forest, dodging bushes and trees from left and right. Going deeper and deeper, not thinking about the dangers that could lie inside but rather the peace this place could give me.
I didn't care about my safety but I did care about my desires, and this, this was my desire. The desire to venture into the place that I want to belong in. I don't know why I am drawn to the forest, I don't understand it completely. But I do know deep down that this isn't a bad decision that I'm making. I don't see it as a mistake or something to be afraid of, but rather something to be excited about and that's exactly how I felt while jogging on these lands of pure beauty and tranquility.
