Transformation {Completed}

CHAPTER 17

KRISTINE'S P.O.V.~

"Come on stop smiling and answer my question! Your smile is getting creepier." I complain.

"It's so easy to piss you off." He says before chuckling.

"Sam!" I whine.

"So why did Mark present himself with a nerdish look? Well it's his way of presenting me, my looks, my behaviors infront of the informally chosen advisor. He acts all gloomy and boring...... well sometimes much more than needed. If the advisor or as in your case, supervisor is able to deal with Mark's horrible act, then he/she is formally appointed to work for me." He explains.

"What's there to smile about?" I am confused.

"His protective attitude!?" He says which sounded more like a question to me.

"I'm confused about another thing. Why wasn't Mark gloomy or boring or whatever? He just looked like that but his behavior was all cool until I asked him about his looks." I say.

"Really? Now that's new! Believe me I don't have any idea why he was like that." He says while frowning.

There is an awkward silence for some time.

"Well now that you know about my past, don't you think you should tell yours too?" He tries to break the awkward silence but ends up making it even more awkward for me. I also don't have an amazing past. I don't like to share it. But since Sam told me about his dark past, I guess I have no choice but to tell him.

"Hey! You are spacing out!" He exclaims .

"Uh! I'm sorry. Well I also don't have a very amazing past. So I'm from a mid-"

"No! no! Not like that. Say it like I'm Kristine...uh... see I don't even know your surname. So say it like you are narrating your incomplete autobiography!?" He says cutting me off.

I chuckle before doing exactly what he asks me to do.

"So, I'm Kristine Lawrence, daughter of Paige Lawrence and Henry Lawrence. I'm from a typical middle class family with mom working in a call center and dad as a professor. I was different, totally different when I was younger. I changed after I-I was-- " I can not complete my sentence.

Memories of that fateful night blurred my vision. It is only when Sam tries to wipe off my tears, I realise that I am crying. He hugs me and caresses my back. Now it is my turn to look all messy and vulnerable.

I take a deep breath and try to calm myself.

"Are you okay now? You don't have to continue if you don't want to." Sam says and I could see the concern in his eyes.

"I am better now. Thanks. And it's okay! I will continue. So, I changed completely after I was raped!"

I pause for a moment before continuing,

"I was attending a wedding along with my parents. Feeling a bit suffocated, I went to the belcony to get some fresh air. Suddenly out of nowhere some people dragged me to a dark place. I was asked to do horrible things but I refused and because of that big mistake I lost my virginity to some sick bastards.

I-I was completely helpless. I was fragile, not used to fighting yet I managed to launch a few punchs and kicks but those went unnoticed. I eventually passed out.

The next day I found myself in a hospital. Mom and dad found me and admitted me there and called the police. A few days latter we were informed that they were arrested.

Change became my only aim. I joined Karate classes and gradually specialized in it. But since I wasn't able to pay the fees properly I couldn't manage to complete the course and get a certificate. But that didn't matter cause I was never after the certificate all I wanted was to get some lessons for self defense.

I was a so called 'Ideal student' of my school but I gradually started ditching it.

Complaints, scoldings and beatings became a part of my daily routine. I started to hate studies even more.

One day as usual after getting beaten up by my dad, I ran to the park. That's where I found Dan and his friends smoking and drinking. I was so distressed that I couldn't help but grab a bottle of alcohol myself. That soon became a habit of mine.

When my dad found about all these, he kicked me out of our house. Since then I had been living with my best friend Jessica Carter aka Jazz.

After that I guess you know the rest. The car crash and all." I narrate my past and I am really happy that Sam is a good listener.

After some time of pure silence, Sam chooses to break the ice.

"Thanks. Thanks for trusting me and opening up to me.
Quite a long day it was, wasn't it?" He says as he  watched the night sky.

"Yeah it was, I didn't even realise that it's almost night. We must go, others might be worrying about us." I reply.

"I want to make it memorable." He says confusing me.

"What? Ho-"

And again I am being cut off...

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