Ring. Ring. Ring.
Everyone got their books and rushed for the door. Class was over but not for me. I had detention for talking back to my Chemistry teacher. Great.
I walked into the detention room. "Welcome, Miss Brook," Mrs Holmes greeted with a smile plastered on her face. "Ya, sure."
I was the only one in the detention room. Everyone was probably hanging out at the beach or the mall and I was stuck here, with Mrs Holmes. Amazing. You must probably wondered why I disliked her so much. Mrs Holmes was the teacher who was all about sunshine and rainbows. Never once I ever seen her been sad. She was always smiling. She was that kind of person who always say the glass is half full and not half empty. Mrs Holmes taught Mathematics. I just don't know how can she be so positive, and so motivated when this world was a hard and drastic place to live in.
Every single time she tried making a conversation with me but I wasn't really in the mood to talk so I completely ignored her until..
"Miss Brook, I don't know what you are going through, but trust me on this, one day, you will come across with someone, and your life will change. I know you might turn a deaf ear but I am the living proof. I found my person, and now nothing can tear me down. Miss Brook, the storms will eventually go and a bright sky will appear. Just wait."
Those words. It hit me hard. I wanted to believe her. I really do but what if in this life I can only get one person and not more? What if I was bound to have only one and be sad forever?
"Miss Brook, you may leave," said Mrs Holmes. "But there's twenty more minutes," I asked her while staring at her then the clock and her again.
"Go, I won't tell anyone," she gave a big smile and held the door.
I took my bag and stood at the door. I looked back and Mrs Holmes was still smiling. I felt guilty for not answering her earlier, but that guilt was gone instantly. Sigh. When will I feel humane again?
