CHAPTER 2

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That same night I skipped my sleep because the only thing I could think of was the officer. It was new to me to think about an older man, but to me, that didn't matter it was him whom I was thinking of no one else. I didn't tell my siblings because they would think that I'm crazy and that I should stop thinking about an older man. even though there would be doubts I didn't have any about him, not even one.

When I went to school it was a new me, everyone around me looked at me in disbelief. They probably thought I was someone else. I would hear girls say that they like this side of me better. Yeah, I was wearing clothes with color, a bit of makeup and heel shoes. Most girls looked at me as if they were jealous but I ignored it.

The girl who always talked to me came and for the first time ever I spoke back. Her face lit up and she smiled widely when I opened my mouth to her.

"Omg! is this even you... I think you might be a new student!" she exclaimed jumping in joy.

It's funny because that's her name, joy. She would always have a smile on her face even though I never spoke to her before. She told me to not worry about people criticizing me on how I was before, she said I was going through a phase just like everyone else.

I remembered many times when she would want to talk to me about her personal life but as I said, I didn't want to get attached to her so I would leave before she continued about her life. At first, I always thought she was annoying but I like her, she makes me want to smile but I didn't because I didn't want to break down in front of her.

I giggled because she looked..... cute "omg did you just giggle!? omg, you are smiling!!! everyone she smiled! she has teeth she-she can talk!!"

That was the first time I smiled in a while, In years actually and I was glad she was the one to make me. In that morning my sister was glad that she had me back but it felt new to me. The change felt weird because of how long it took to act... normal.

I laughed and she hugged me tightly, I could tell that she waited for this moment to happen.

Maybe If I changed a while back maybe I would've known that she is the friend for me. After I left my friends they didn't bother asking why they just said ok. I would think that maybe I was an embarrassment to them because the word spread quickly. I never told anyone that my dad raped me someone just knew and decided to make it public.

"It was worth it waiting for this to happen... I don't know what happened to you but... I'm glad to see you smile and look into my eyes"

It was a few words but enough to make me cry. I wanted to give it some time before I tell her what happened, I wanted to wait until I got used to the new me.

"well, I will learn to talk to you more because I realized that even though I never spoke to you... you still had hope that the real me was in here somewhere..." I smiled warmly at her and she hugged me once more.

When the school day went by I looked back at what I did and it benefits me a lot. Many people would come to me and say "HI" or say that I look more alive. I took it as a compliment because they weren't wrong. I was pale and skinny, I looked like a zombie or a walking skeleton.

My mother also realized but she didn't say anything, she didn't even beat me that day. She only told me to leave and not come back until two in the morning because she was going to have a party. I wondered what went through my mothers head when she saw my sudden change. I noticed she was thinking because she saw me and just stopped what she was doing.

My siblings began to speak to me and I felt relieved but it ended days later. They were grown up and didn't want to see me get beat and not be able to do anything. So they left, they left me but hoped for the best for me. I wasn't mad at them because they tried to help but I would push them away so I don't blame them for their actions.

"Leave I'm having a party and I don't want a pest like you here... some teens will be here and they will use your room for their needs so clean it up and make it look decent"

Was all she said before leaving the house maybe to go get party supplies. I was expecting a slap from her but it didn't happen. She didn't even look at me she just left. I did what she said and hid my stuff but I took my bag with my spray paints.

Yes, I knew what jimin said but I was not going to walk around being bored to death.

He is an officer he doesn't know what my life is. He doesn't know what it feels like to have a "family" like mine.

Is what I thought that afternoon, plus it won't always be the same officer every time. They always change anyway so it wouldn't matter.

I went to where I last painted, where I first met jimin. Not going to lie I was freaked out because when he told me that he wouldn't give me a second chance he seemed serious. But he still let me go, others wouldn't care and just grab me and take me but he didn't. Jimin let me go without even touching me.

I continued what I didn't finish, it took me about an hour to finish what I was doing. I never forgot what it said, "要坚强" in Chinese meaning "stay strong". I was thinking about writing it in Japanese but it looks way cool in Chinese.

"stay strong? hmm, why that?" *oh shit*

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