Friendship Cause Heartbreaks Too

Chapter - 8

I was so attached to all my friends that I begged my parents to let me stay with them for higher education.

I did everything in my power to be with them, to not lose them. And in the end, I succeeded.

We were promoted to 9th standard, or should I say, Freshman year.

But after all the procedure was done. Admission, tuition fee, everything, did I realise that unlike me, some of my friends were not there.

Sarah, Ricky, Priya, Nate, Ryan, and many more bright and intelligent students were gone somewhere else.

I got scared.

Everything was new again. Teachers were new, students were new, old friends were gone.
It was a new beginning, all over again.

And I didn't do well with 'new' back then.
The only people that I knew, or who were giving me the sense of familiarity, were Vickie, Alice, Sanya, Arianna, Shirley and a couple other people.

I could count on my fingers the faces that I knew.

And the fear of being alone was coming back.
I was scared that everything was changed.
And that fear made me think that Vickie was the only person for me. That she was my life. That I couldn't do anything without her.

I started considering her as a family member and got closer to her than ever before.

I wasn't dealing with the change so well. I couldn't understand what was being taught, or what was I supposed to do. I was confused.

The only thing in my mind was, I have to be with Vickie. I couldn't afford to lose her. I couldn't imagine living without her.
I probably sound like a lesbian, but no, I just loved her so much like sister.

I got distant from studies. Couldn't focus anymore.
Though, we used to have fun.

And since other girls were gone, we developed a much better friendship with Alice and Sanya.

And soon, we were like fab Four or something. Always seen together.

There was a new maths teacher, Mr. Asher.
Vickie, Alice and Sanya started teasing me by saying Mr. Asher was like my brother.

And when I told him about this as a light discussion, he just said, "No problem. I'll be your brother"

So after that, there was no going back.
He always treated me as his younger sister. He's 8-9 years older than me.

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After a few days, all the students were assembled in the auditorium, for something. My friends and I was standing at the back and we were laughing about something.

And there was this really irritating and annoying teacher who was so paranoid that everything was about her. And she was just... Ugh.

So, she saw me laughing and called me. And then slapped me in front of the students that were around me.

Yeah... She did that. And I started crying. More like weeping.