Chapter 1: Too much Stress !

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Mia stood before her artwork in her small, cozy painting studio, trying to clarify what to do for the painting project. She has only one week to finish it, or she'd be in trouble. She tried so many times but couldn't seem to get it right. She found it challenging to express what she had in mind. After doing this so many times, she threw her pencil on the table and sat on the floor. Mia leaned back and looked back at her discarded sketches. She sighed, staring at the ceiling and wondering about her next move. "This project is making me go nuts," she muttered to herself. Time was running out, and it was driving her crazy. 

"Honestly, this is starting to feel a bit ridiculous," she said while looking at her art. The more she looked at her project, the more frustrated she got. Mia, all worked up and angry, started tossing things around the room. Pencils, papers, and whatever else she could grab went flying. "I just can't figure out why this never feels quite right," she murmured, annoyance evident through her furrowed brows. Mia looked around and sighed deeply, "I need a break." She admits that she is tired of all the buildup stress she has been carrying.

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Mia POV

I went downstairs past the living room to go to the kitchen to get some water; my mouth felt so dry. It felt like I didn't drink anything for a month, Water never tasted so good in my life, but today it was very different" I needed that," I said to myself. I felt so tired, but I don't feel like sleeping right now. " I'm Bored; what should I Do," I say while looking around with my finger on my chin. Finally, my eyes landed on the TV, " I haven't watched movies from Netflix for the past 4 hours Because of that project, "Ughhhh". That project is really on my nerves every time I think about it. "Mia this is not the time to think about anything; It's time for me to relax and do nothing" I remind myself that I need to relax and take a break from everything.  Before I forget, I need to reheat my leftover big bowl of popcorn.

 After one year of waiting, the popcorn is finally ready to eat. " Okay, back to the Movie." What movie should I watch? As I scroll for the past 5 minutes, I still can't find something interesting to watch. I was so busy looking for a movie to watch that I didn't see my big brother coming downstairs. "Hey, Pumpkin," My brother said, " Hey, Bubba," I responded. This man, every week, gives me a different nickname; he will never call me Mia unless he is mad at me or something. Out of all my brothers, he's the most relaxed, talkative, and sociable person to be around, also very childish too.

 " What are you doing?" He asked, "Nothing, just looking for a good movie to watch." I said while looking at the TV. "I know a movie that you will be interested in" " while he sat on the sofa beside me.

 "Speak now or forever hold your peace," I said, being sarcastic. "It's horror," he said, taking the remote from me. " Keep talking." I love horror movies, but he hates horror movies, but he acts like he loves them; he doesn't know that I know he is not too fond of scary movies. He only watches horror movies because of me, trying to impress me; he's always trying to impress people, and that is one of the things I like about him, always putting people, before himself (except food), but I also hate it, he can easily get hurt by people. Okay, there it is he said.

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