The Geranji Ships

Jithra #2: Stuck with a Devil

"Next time.. stay out of my way.. completely."

The words were spinning around her head like a never ending movie.

Mithranee tossed her sleepless and sweaty body to the other side to gain sleep but she just could not.

The face of a dark, squirmish (and hot) devil was imbedded in her mind.

She could not lie to herself in her own room right?

"Urgh.." Mithranee groaned as she got up from bed and checked the clock:

4.23 a.m.
Could she get any sleep at all?

Mithranee went down towards the kitchen, on her way catching a reflection of herself.

Mithranee always hated her body figure. It did not make her happy and was the main reason why she winced and loathed keeping or looking at mirrors anywhere.
It kept reminding her of her unhealthy body.

Her face was oily and tan. Around her neck, her collarbone was barely visible and she had an ugly pear sort of shape. Not even pear. Like an ugly apple sort of thing.

Her feet and gout looked stubby. Despite what others say, she only heard their sarcasm hidden in their voices.

She made her way down and reached the refrigerator to grab some cold water. The cool liquid flowed down her neck and chilled her hot and race-y body.
Just then she went up and reached for her tableside drawer, revealing a few white pills neatly packaged in a strip.

As much as she denied Dr. Patterson's medicines, she has to agree it made her forget about what others say about her. It gives her a more blissful sleep.

"What? Anti-depressants?! I don't need these. I'm not crazy or paranoid. I'm being honest with myself!" I screamed.

Dr. Patterson just took a calming breath and advised, "Trust me Mithranee, it will help you sleep better at night-.."
"I don't want better sleep! I want to look beautiful! I want people to like me! Is it too much to ask?" I was being restrained by nurses. I'm no maniac. Why are they doing this to me?

Dr. Patterson replied, seated in a lab coat with my medical reports, "Mithranee, you are being too negative about yourself. No one said you were ugly-"

"Yes they did and it hurts!!" I screamed my might with tears in my eyes before being put to sleep.

Even as Mithranee shudders about the memory and incident, she knew that these pills are the only way she can feel sane again. More normal.

She popped in 2 pills and drunk a whole cup of cold water.

Ahh... now i will forget about what happened. Life will come back to normal.

<3<3<3

Mithranee's leg squirmed under the cold environment of her air conditioned classroom.

Why did i have to wear a skirt today? Gosh I'm so stupid.

Hamster G entered the classroom with his chemistry book. It was chemistry for the first lesson.

"We will use this whole lesson to plan and start your chemistry project.
You will have to develop a consumer retail product. I will leave it up to you on where you would want to get the recipe to create the product.
Parameters are that this product has to be prepared by chemical compounds and ingredients. So i suggest you prepare a cosmetic or medicinal product.
Additionally, the more aesthetic appeal the product has, the more likely a consumer would buy it, so do your best to present the product in market standards so as to achieve more points.
You have to conduct at least three tests to confirm and verify the health safety and usefulness of the product comparing to a mainstream product of the same type.
So at the end of this project, you are expected to hand it 3 items; The original product, a full fledged report and a collage of how you will market and sell this product.
The best few products will be featured at the Annual Geranji Science Fair held on the 15th February, right after you hand in the project.
You have exactly a week and 2 days to complete this project. Here is the format and contents of what your report should have."