Fragments of Me

Chap 6 : Newcomer Curses

Between all these I forgot about school. Class five had ended and now we were ushered into class six. We were what they called semi senior. Although all of us were kids. On the first day I had mistakely entered the wrong class because I was weak in identifying Roman numerics that were used for different classes. I quickly realised and ran out of the room before things got ugly. Saved by an inch. Class started and everything seemed smooth. I had learned from somebody that rather than talking about scarring incidents that make you sad and then try to explain or express them to somebody, it's better to just pretend nothings wrong cause the time taken for explaining is not really worth it. I always had my recent events playing in my mind but I always disguised myself so that the effort is not necessary. Class six gave birth to my cheating techniques. It also gave birth to a strange sensation that formed around the class. I guess it was always there but in the crowd of my mind I failed to notice it. It was a thriving want for boys in my class to go on a relationship. Relationship meant having a girl for oneself that you could flex around as if it was fashion. Well not all thought like that. Some never had close interaction with the female gender so they wanted to try out. The class was, inadvertently divided. That led to one side filled with the types who craved the need of knowledge about girls, social media and sex. And the other side was basically the ones with immaturity, craziness and hunger for games. Or so they exclaimed. I joined the immature group cause I found sanctuary between them. Among them I found Aldrin. Aldrin was one of the two new comers that had joined our class at the start of class six. Crazy as hell and a real adrenaline junkie, he almost resembled my healing self. The other one was a girl. I had lost my crave for knowing girls because of the ghost of rejection. But she was a bit different. I tried to notice everything that happened around me so she eventually came into the picture. Round but cute faced, almost visible cheekbone and jawline and brown hazelnut coloured short hair. The first day at school she sat in front of me. She was shorter than me but still it was difficult to look at the board properly as she always had one of her hands playing with her hair. I lost my cool and spoke up

Me : Can you scoot over? It's quite impossible to see the board because of you...

The girl : If you concentrated on the board rather than on me then it won't be problem.

Me : I am not concentrating on you but because of you I can't concentrate on the board.

The girl : Sorry but I won't move.

Me : Knew you wouldn't, bulldozer.

I don't know from where I got that word but spluttered from my mind making her turn around instantly. Her face had an angered expression but somewhat behind it a small smile was creeping its way out. She turned before I saw it and something in my mind told that this is not good. I was born an over thinker so I tended to have messed up thoughts. Aldrin saw what happened and told me to ask her name. I was not interested cause I already got on for her but in an act of kindness I told him that as it mattered more him, he should take the step. He did and got a cold shoulder for it. I guess the anger took over. The next class was art and craft and the teacher asked me to get craft papers from the storage room. She assigned her to help me. It was a sight to see. The teacher both saw two wide-eyed students looking up to her. A scold came and we two scrambled towards the storeroom. The walk was silent and so was the work. But a good thing never lasts long. Before I could release a sigh of relief he headbutted into each other making her fall down. Weak. I offered my hand as as expected she did not take it. The floor was covered with coloured chart paper and a box of powdered chalk that had been tripped. She tried to get up again failing miserably. I stood until she tried for the third time. I lost it then. I took a hold of her waist and yanked her upwards. There she stood inches from my face, her mouth gasping for air and her eyes wide open. Then something painful shot across my mind. A memory. I let go of her to which she fell down again. A curse left her lips and to which I immediately left the room. I ran to the field gasping for air when I heard a faint voice calling me. It was her. I went to class to find my whole mind blank. The whole school day was spent with me being extremely silent causing all the teacher to crowd around me wondering if I was sick. Idiots. She changed her beach after that incident maybe she was insecure about what I might do next but even through the crowd I saw two eyes looking at me with concern...

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I went home with a half numb mind. Rolled on my bed thinking what did I do today and why did I do it. Stupid. Thinking all these the clock struck thirty minutes to four. That meant the loud clattering of children heading towards the field and the start of my phone to ring. My friends had more regularity than the cockerel during sunrise. They feel the clock striking three thirty and they head out to call me. What used to us going to the field to play, it turned to all of us going to one of our rooftops to gather around and smoke. I guess we really went semi senior. We were talking when suddenly the roof door flung open revealing a rather distraught Axxis. He threw his bag and started shouting...

Axxis : How do stop your parents from fucking!!?

Trevor : What are you saying man?

Axxis : All I am day saying is that how do stop your parents' from giving birth to your destruction?

Me : Buy condoms for them.

Axxis : They will kill me!

Raphael : Its better to be killed by them then by your sibling. Ones a fast process and ones a slow and painful one.

Axxis : It's better to have enemies than friends like you. Here I am dying and you all are making fun of it.

Matteo : It's not our fault that you are unable to stop them.

Axxis : Hey Aron, how did you stop your parents when they wanted to do it?

Me : I told them that I would either leave home or commit suicide.

Axxis : And they believed it?

Me : I then slashed my arm to prove it. Bond sealed with blood.

Axxis : I am sure they didn't kiss u after that?

Me : They got angry and scolded me but behind all that they were frightened.

Axxis : I fucking hate your "devil smirk".

We made fun of him for a while until he sobered down. I was able to recover from my trauma because of his events. We all went home and awaited for something to happen and it did. Axxis did something ridiculous but it was not like mine. Later the next day we found out that he broke all the locks of the house so that there was no chance of them doing it. It did the trick but earned Axxis some severe punishment that he accepted wholeheartedly.

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Sorry for this boring part of the story but life was not always fun nor was it always sad, It was just a chain of events that kept one alive...
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