ESCAPE

Chapter 4

A FEW MONTHS LATER:

I was finally free from that wretched school since my 10th boards were atlast over. The last few months in the school had been hellish with almost daily bullying and the innumerable hurtful taunts.

I was no longer even the least bit interested in continuing in the same place and thanks to a long standing rule in mae's side of the family I was no longer required to go to that cursed place. According to the rule, all the children of the family were required to attend a boarding school to complete their 11th and 12th grade to make sure that no distractions obstruct their journey towards their goal since those two years were the pivotal years of one's life and even though mae's side of the family had barely any interest in me, they were not willing to let go of their tradition for any child that rooted from their family.

Ofcourse I had to travel alone to the school since mae and Phaw were too uninterested in the whole thing to want to even drop me off.

"Porsche Pachara Kittisawasd?" The receptionist enquired.

"Yes" I replied.

"This way. Your homeroom teacher must be waiting for you." She informed and guided me to my class.

"Class! Be quiet! Introduce yourself child." The teacher said as I entered the class. From what I had heard they didn't usually take any new admissions after 9th class but my case was different thanks to my uncles having connections in the school.

"I...I'm Porsche Pachara Kittisawasd. Nice to meet you all". My voice was not too loud but wasn't inaudible. The students started whispering as soon as their attention shifted towards me and I wanted to puke the moment I saw the scene.

A lot of terrible memories of the old school cascaded into my mind making my stomach churn. The teacher directed me towards an empty seat and my legs wobbled as I walked towards it. With great difficulty I succeeded to reach the place and sat down. I was unknowingly burrowing my nails into my skin due to how wildly my heart was beating and just wanted to run out of the class.

The teacher maybe understood my uneasiness for, she gave me a faint yet reassuring smile before making the students turn their attention towards her and started the lesson to have them stop whispering about me.

I slowly started calming down and thankfully by the end of the period, I had calmed down by a considerable margin. The bell rang and the moment the teacher was out of the class, I dipped my head into my arms and pretended to be asleep not wanting to face the curious kids.

After the classes were over, I was shown the way to the hostel and to my room and met my roommate. It was a two-people room and I was quite relieved since I had been dreading the possibility of having to stay with a whole crowd.

"Hey, this is Pete". He extended his hand for a handshake.

"Porsche" I nodded and shook his hand as I gave him my name.

"I know. Welcome to Satthaya High." He welcomed me with a smile and I felt my heart skip a beat for, I had never been given such a pure and joyful smile before.

"You-you're cute" I whispered but he heard it owing to his sharp senses.

"Hm? Thanks!! You're adorable too" His smile was even brighter this time.

'A baby chick?' was all that came to my mind after seeing him.

"Oh right, how did you enter the school?" He asked.

"My uncle has contacts with the school principal. He said that all the generations of my family have attended this school and the family is a major stakeholder, so there was no problem in getting enrolled." I answered. L