Perfect Proposal

29.

"Steph and Ann had a history. Ann proposed Steph and she rejected and also taunted her for being gay." I replied Ezlyn.

"I never knew that Helen. I wouldn't have called her. Oh no.." Sadness wrapped over Ezlyn's face. I could see that excitement dripping out of her face in an agonizing way as she never knew all those.

Ann was standing frozen in front of Stephanie. Maybe her mind will be filled with those memories when she was embarrassed in front of the class at the studio by Stephanie.

Their glances were locked, I could feel the rise of a wail of tension between them.

Ann was literally frozen.

"Hey, Steph. I need to tell you something." I tried to do my best but everything went in vain.

"Ezlyn I thought you would only be calling Hel. If I knew she was coming, I would've never came. Annie said in utter disgust.

Steph was silent. Her ears turned deaf and she could only utter, "you look beautiful Anns."

"Aw that's so most the disgusting thing to hear from a pathetic person like you Steph, I mean Stephanie. You are the most hated person in my life ever. I still..still regret the fucking day when my eyes landed on you, regret the day I..Told..fuck it," Annie was panicking.

"Ann, calm down. It's alright, I got you," said me as I signalled Ezlyn take Steph away from here.

I fetched a glass of water for her, as I saw her eyes were an ocean at the moment.

"You know Hel, that incident made me the person I am now. I am just a scared person scarred for life, hated by everyone at each step of my life," she was crying like hell opened up on her.

Suddenly something strike me. That's why she is called homophobic. She has put that veil for herself. She wanted to hide behind. That's what safety of sanity meant for her.

Only to blend in! Only to feel safe!

Oh my god! Oh my dear god! Poor little Ann.

"I got you Ann. Calm down. It's okay to feel angry, feel sad, we all pass through this in one or other way but what I wanna tell you is never judge others for the experiences you got. You wouldn't know what you are losing if you don't step out, Ann."

"It's..It's a lot to take in, Helen."

"In the rush of thinking only about ourselves, we sometimes forget that shit happens in other's lives too. We should see that, for that would only give us hope to be a better person for them!" I uttered holding onto her arms, they were cold, shivering as if they needed some rendezvous to hide.

"Yeah, this gay couple, I fired them for being..." Her head was bowed down as if she was ashamed of herself, of what she had become.

"I know. I was there to get a job. Can you take them back? Or do something about it?" I asked glancing at her watery eyes.

"Yeah. I am gonna do it. I feel sorry for them and I feel angry on myself. What a pathetic bitch I am and irony is I called Stephanie that when I was one!" She said.

"Just leave it, Ann."

"Yes Helen. I will."

She smiled at me in assurance as if she would change herself to become the person she needed to be inorder to retrieve her damned soul.

Damned!

******

"Am I talking to Ms. Helen Jane?"

"Yes who is it?" I was holding the phone near my ear as I was just woken up by its bell.

"It's from Annie's dance studio. You were here for a job, right?"

"Yes."

"You can join today. Ms. Annie wanted to meet you."

"Wow! I will come. Thank you."

I quickly cut the call inorder to take a bath. Yesterday's hang over was hitting real quick by a head ache. My head was throbbing but it couldn't the block the excitement.

I finally am something and gonna do something that I love.

Suddenly I felt a clicking voice, as if some camera is clicking from behind the bushes, but I couldn't find any.

My eyes darted towards the street through my windows but no one was there.

Who could that be. May be a figment of imagination?

Possibly!

"Thud", with a loud voice a stone landed on the glass of my window, breaking it into pieces.

"Ah!" I yelled in fear.