Imprinted

The world is unfair. People come and go. The sad part was, they never appreciated the love and care that was given to them unconditionally.

 I always wonder, what did I do to deserve this? What had I done?  It happened during my 16th birthday, Connor, my ex-boyfriend never showed up to my party with no reason whatsoever. I tried texting and calling him but he wouldn’t answer. It made me worried, maybe he’s in trouble or he was in a car accident.

 To my surprise, Kayla my best friend saw him groping and making out with Lexi Cougar not too far from my house.  It felt like a ton of boulders just dropped on me as I was trying to process each words that Kayla was telling me. Part of me wants to believe her and the other part of me didn’t want it to be true.

Connor texted me right after that, yes he texted me, you would think a guy like him would at least have the balls to break up with his 3 year girlfriend properly. I unlocked my phone and read his message saying, “I’m sorry. I don’t think we should continue this relationship anymore but I hope that we can still be friends. Anyways, Happy Birthday”. My hands were shaking and tears were forming in my eyes. My legs were weak and I just sat on the floor, hugging my knees close to my chest and cried my eyes out.  I did just that for a whole damn week. Not only I was upset that he was cheating on me but also the fact that I was dumped cold. Do I meant nothing to him? Couldn’t he had the decency to give me a little explanation? Don’t I at least deserved that?

But one thing that I haven't gave him was.....my pride. My virginity. He told me that he believes in sex after marriage which made me happy and gave me confidence in myself. Well, I believed him that time but after what he did, especially with Lexi,  it could only mean one thing. That girl has the mind of ' What I want is what I'll get'. She's filthy rich and not to mention, BLONDE, bombshell body with slightly tanned skin. Oh yeah, and big boobs too.

The year have passed. Me and my mum have decided to move out from the city to live with my dad at a small town called Ravenhalk which was located at the north coast of the map. It's not chartered on the map so my dad only told me it was located there.  He works as a ranger, ranking officer title, taking care of the forest with some other rangers.

My mum decided to move back to my dad's because of me. She loves me and I love her.

" Karis, honey!," She called out to me while carrying out few packed boxes to her what I called the 'eagle eyed' BMW." Yeah, mom?," I answered. She sighed, " Phew...are you ready to go? C'mon buckle up." We got in the car and buckled up. She slid down the window and gave a thumbs up to the truck which was carrying our stuffs behind to signal them a ready to go. She started driving and saw the truck following our lead from the side mirror.

 " Hey, mum...," I called while facing my head to her looking at her putting on her Versace sunglasses. Her blonde curls bounced as she turned her face to me and back to face the road.

 " Yes, honey?," she asked.

 I scratched the back of my neck, didn't know how to put it through words." I’m sorry you had to leave your job because of me. I know you love your job and it pays well." I stared looking out at the window reminiscing what had happened last year.

She frowned," Karis...baby," Her tone was soft," I would do just anything for you. Family always comes first.  Especially you, my dear. I could always find another job."  Her fingers running through my hair as she caressed it while controlling the steering wheel with one hand. She winked and continue to concentrate driving.

She didn't mentioned about what happened about me and Connor to be the reason I want to move. To be honest, part of it, yes. And part of it, I want to live with my dad and to be a family again. My dad didn't like the city so he decided to let my mum go after her career. I envy the relationship my mum and my dad share. It was full with trust, love, support and faith. Of course they did argue sometimes through the phone and on the next day, they make up for it. Both of them are not afraid to say sorry even though one of them knows it's not their fault. They compromise, and in between them, there is no such things as 'ego'.