SHORT STORIES BY LOBP

A Story by Avis

This story is written by Avis Yixien :)

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It's early in the morning but the sun shines brightly already. The wind touches my face softly. The beautiful melodies of the birds are keep on ringing on my ears. I should be thankful again for God gave me another day to live.

Right now, my life is very simple. Like just other teenage girls, I wake up early in the morning, take a bathe, and wear my proper uniform, eat my breakfast, prepare to go to school and then live my new day to the fullest but meaningful... not like those past years I've spent in my high school days.

Before I became this kind of simple girl I was once became the one of the most popular high school girl in our school. The feeling is one of a kind, as if I am one of the Hollywood stars. They will greet me as if we've been friends for so long. Everyone wants to befriend me and they always wear their fake smiles and pretend that they are nice, friendly, and everything to me. And I just do the same; pretend that I knew them too, since it is one of the most important rules in being a popular, always bear in mind to "Be friend your enemies or else you'll be pitiful at the end". But I just can't act against it since I don't want to experience those feelings when I was new here. Everyday of my life is like hell. They keep on bullying me, make fun of, and backbite every minute that they see my shadows. They are doing any means just to make me feel miserable and ashamed myself to the whole campus, that's why when I belonged to the IN crowd, I promised to myself that I will not go back anymore to the OUT crowd. Yes, IN and OUT crowd, the two groups that divides our school. If you are in the IN crowd your life everyday is like heaven while if you are in the OUT crowd your living like hell...But, I keep on asking myself, why everyone wants to be in my position? In fact, being popular is more or similar to hell. You bully them, make fun of them, blame them for your wrong doings, laugh at them, copy or get their assignments for they are the smart ones and their grades might decrease because of you and their parents will be disappointed while you, don't care of their feelings, you're just busy preparing for parties, what to do and what to wear for everyday and even though you'll have time to pay attention to your studies, its still useless coz you don't know the answers because you're not paying attention during discussions and you're just busy flirting and chatting with your so-called friends.

Being popular is not that cool or full of fun but not too difficult too but full of dangers. In fact, you can destroy someone's life.

Yeah, I admit, when I become one of them; I love the feeling that being known to everyone. I know I was blinded by my popularity. I am thinking that I can control everyone now since everyone wants to befriend with me like Cornelia and Trixie, two of the most popular girls too and they became my so-called best friends. They treat me just like them but they have the so-called rules and regulations and one of these is that we should not keep any secrets. I just also do the same since I am expecting that they are being honest too. I am just following the things that they are saying and doing and I even accepted there DARE, which almost cost my life.

It is because in the IN crowd, if anyone DAREs you, you should do it coz if you declined you'll become an outsider or worst and you can't just drop out easily coz they have so many connections, they will make you suffer first before you can leave the territory of theirs, they will do any means just to let you feel the pain and since I am A fool which follows order, I just accepted there DARE without thinking twice.

" Our dare to you is make Eric become your lover before February 14 since it is January, you'll have enough time to achieve your goal." said Cornelia

" It is just a piece of cake you know, because you are popular now and it will be your big chance since you like him ever since, right? Agreed by Trixie with a grin.

Well that's what they thought, its simple but they are wrong. They don't know that "Popular Girls" is one of the things that Eric hates most. Even though I know the fact that I will have no chance to succeed, I still tried; Its better than doing nothing.

I tried to befriend Eric and just like what I expected it will be hard but after several weeks of chasing him, he accepted me again as his friend since we've been friends before when I was not popular yet. After I am done with my first move, I tried to go on, on my next move and that is to make him mine. When I became closer to him, I felt guilt inside me so, I planned to tell it to him when we meet again but he invited me unexpectedly to a dinner ... so, I forgot my plan of telling him about the dare and I just accepted his invitation since I am longing for it for so long but when the day of the dinner came, several unexpected events happened; I and my so-called best friends bumped with each other...

"Oh! It seems that you succeed in our dare huh? When did this happen? Is this your first date?" asked Trixie

" What dare? What are they talking about?" asked Eric with confusing eyes

"Oopps, you haven't told him yet? Oh, my bad. I am so sorry, I thought you already told him...well' we gotta go, both of you enjoy the night." Cornelia said while bidding their goodbyes with a smile on their faces.

"Let me explain Eric, I am really planning to tall you this." I told him with teary eyes

" Plan? And when is that? When I fall already in your plan?" he replied

" No, Eric, I am really planning to tell tonight but..." I haven't finished what I am saying coz I am bursting into tears already and I can't talk clearly anymore.

" You know what? I really can't believe that you can do this to me; I thought we have the same feelings with each other but I think I am wrong. I want to hate you coz I am like a fool to fall for you but my feelings for you still wins." He said with furious eyes and leaving me without glancing back and directly crossed the street without noticing the sudden coming of a truck...thankfully I save him but I was willing to sacrifice myself even though its too late to change all my mistakes.

I was dead on arrival when I reach to the hospital but luckily a doctor tried to save me by making me as one of his experiment in a "brain transplant", transferring the brain to another body, and thankfully the operation was successful.

So, here I am, living simply and peacefully with Dr. Hiroshi, the one who experimented me, since its her sister's body that I am using now and we are living like brother and sister for 5 months already since I don't have parents at all coz they were involved in a plane crush and both of them died too...and about Eric, we've been friends but he don't have any idea about my transplant and its better for him not to know so that he will not remember the accident and its better to have connection with him as friends than nothing.

Remembering those past, specifically the dare, it makes my body shivers and stunned. It is my biggest regret in my whole life and I don't have any plan anymore to go back in that kind of crowd. And I can't imagine that my so-called best friends who help me to be in top is the one also who brought me at the bottom. I know, I should blame myself for everything because I let my popularity blinded me and I even forget the other important rule in being popular and that is to " Do Not Trust Anyone".