Stuck

EPILOGUE

It was a very gloomy day as Lisa opened her tired eyes. Despite having slept for more than 8 hours, she felt like her body was made of lead. She didn't want to move, she didn't want to do anything besides lie there and wallow in her misery.

But today was the last day of classes for the semester and she had to make sure all of her reports were in and that all of  her classes were cleared. She could vaguely remember that day a few weeks ago when it was so sunny that she'd wanted to skip school and have a picnic at the park with either Bella or Jennie. Today couldn't have been more opposite time.

Sighing, she finally got up and showered, not even bothering to heat the water despite the biting cold licking her skin. She knew that, at some level, she was punishing herself by not engaging in one of her usual luxuries in life such as a hot shower. She was punishing herself for being so careless in her relationship decisions.

She would usually pride herself in good decision-making skills when it came to her studies, but she knew she couldn't say the same for how she made decisions when it came to matters of the heart. And her recent dilemma was a clear indication of just how poor this skill of her was.

She got out of the shower, got dressed and made her way to school. Upbeat music was playing on her car stereo and it took an unusually huge amount of effort for her not to smash the equipment into pieces.

How could music remain so upbeat at a time when her misery was eating her whole? Was that even fair? Then again, life was never fair. It will never be.

The whole day have passed by her like a blur, she went about her usual routine as if her body knew exactly what to do. But her heart wasn't in any of it. At one point, she was sure her professor was telling her she had top marks in a class and if back then this would've been a thrilling news for her, but today it did nothing to alleviate her sorrow.

How could it be that a girl she met in less than two months can change her perspectives, her priorities just like that? How could it be that a girl was the only thing that her world revolved around lately when in fact she was able to balance everything before? How could it be that a gargantuan amount of misery can root from a single girl, a single human being, not talking to her, being really angry at her, not wanting to have anything to do with her? How could it be that Jennie was the only thing she needed right now?

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The rain began to pour as Jennie headed out of the school gates on her way home.

" Shit. I choose today to forget my umbrella" she muttered to herself as she took cover under a tree and rummaged in her bag for anything to cover herself in. all she could find was a folded up plastic bag.

" Better than nothing" she said, sighing as she positioned it on top of her head for the walk home.

Then a honking sounded beside her and she froze as a familiar voice called her name.

" Jennie! Come on, I'll take you home. Please" the female voice begged.

She didn't even need to turn to look to know who it was. She'd dreaded every day of going to school particularly because she was afraid she'd run into her and her girlfriend again. She closed her eyes, inhaled deeply and ran.

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" Shit. What the hell, Jennie?!" Lisa cursed as she ran down the street. She floored the gas pedal and followed her—but was stopped at the corner by the traffic came caused by the sudden downpour of rain.

She honked her horn, pounding on the button as hard as he could but the cars in front of her didn't budge. She looked out her window and saw that Jennie was already two blocks away. If she didn't catch her soon, Jennie would get home and lock her door once again. This was Lisa's only chance to get Jennie to listen to her, while she was still out in the open.