Ely was rolling over her back from one side to another, she couldn't decide what course to chose. She was only 16 but she's thinking so hard that she's not even in college but she's not getting any sleep.
Tired of boredom she went to the kitchen to look for something to eat.
"Ely. What are you doing in the kitchen at this hour?" her mother murmured since she was half a sleep.
"Uhh nothing," Ely replied in a low tone, for she doesn't want her mother to know that she was up all night. "I just got up for a glass of water, what bout you?"
"I just came down to get the meat out of the freezer to defrost, cause I'll cook it later." said her mother.
"Ok mom I'll go get it for you, I'm going back to my room now, just call me if you need something." -Ely
"Ok love, thankyou, goodnight." -mother
Ely then silently hurried to her room to avoid questions and suspension.
BOOF!!
A loud sound took over her room as she jumped into her bed out of nervousness. After a while she calmed down, and thought of facts why she shouldn't pick the Law Course. Thinking "It's going to be so hard and it'll be a long process, 4years of studying without including the internship, OGT and the board exams, so counting the total of 8 years.." "Oh No!, I'm going to miss half of my life! I'm not going to find love, I won't be having kids! I'll die alone and lonely with all the money of this world!!" (sobs*)
"I will never ever pick this course, it'll take away the chances of me finding my first and last love. It's already hard to wait for nothing. Everyday I wake up in the thought of todays the day!. But everyday I fail to find love. Oh love, love, where are you? why are you avoiding my call?"
Ely imagined a never ending flower garden looking for a specific thing called love.
"Oh how wonderful it is to have seen a place full of flowers, a place where scarred people would actually enjoy, a place where love might actually be found"
but walking through the path where Ely followed and flowers everywhere where no eyes can recognize but flowers. Flowers were turning grey.
The wonderful scenery was slowly getting dark. Every second everything was getting darker and darker, then she got to a stiff road, it was near a cliff, and the other side is full caves and vines. As she entered a cave there where 2 boys and 2 girls of her age, it looked like they lived there, it looked like they where fighting over something. She observed silently and one of the boys noticed her and they didn't talked at all, they were only signing but not talking, but she seemed to understand what they ment. That one boy introduced her to the others and she followed what they where doing, she became to enjoy it despite of the four of them getting dirty as they climb the vines and caves without thinking of getting hurt, they fearlessly jumped from one cave and vine to another, they jumped cliffs and falls only thinking of the joy and fun their having and the memories they've made. But as the day goes by, the moment came where she decided to continue her journey, despite the new courage and relationships she got, she looked at it as lessons and courage to persevere and go through more exciting experiences. As she continues her journey, she cleaned up and take the old path she started but continues to take the one that took her even deeper to the dark road. As she continues, she noticed that nothing was changing, she somehow returned to the same place every time she stepped forward, it doesn't seem to end, she was hopeless but she never gave up. She didn't gave up. But her body didn't have strength, she collapsed and had coma. She felt okay but she can't seem to control her own body, it's like she was trapped in a cage where she's a helpless case. But her boldness got the best of her, she woke up.
She woke up in a store that was closed with her friends from home, she realized that this wasn't the place where she passed out, she tried to ask her friends but no one seems to know her, but what's even more crazy was when the door opened they were inside a school building, because it was filled with kids her age wearing school uniform.
She didn't know anyone there, so she stayed being mysterious, she stayed in a corner but people were still looking at her, noticing her, she became known, she had friends, but no real ones.
She didn't found love, she didn't found true friendship. "That's what she thought.
One day in her break she talked to her friend, he was a friend of hers since the first time she got there, when no one was there for her, he was there silently, observing and protecting her in silence he was just good in hiding, he was just good in making excuses, but he doesn't even have the courage to spoke up for his feelings. Instead, he's avoiding his feelings, he's denying the truth, denying the fact that he was slowly falling, but still pretended to be strong in front of her, without Ely knowing he couldn't even think straight when she's near.
"Hey Caleb, what you got there?"
"Nothing much El, just me with my baked pineapple"
"Heyy! you know those are favorite."
"Yeah, but I didn't know that I, the baker, included you a share of this baked pineapple."
Both murmured a laugh*
"Yeah, you should totally bring some of these friday night, I'm sure everyone will love these"
Ely said while slowly sneaking a pineapple piece*
"Hey! cut that out" Caleb replied and pulled the box of bp near him.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Heyy! gimmee some!" Ely leaned close to try get some bp but failed.
She tripped on herself and landed on the table accidentally kissing Caleb. Both silent. Caleb pulled away in shock then sigh*
"This isn't what I pictured to be my first kiss" Caleb whispered wiping his lips.
"Well yeah!?, you did that on purpose!"
"Iw no" Caleb replied and mimicking a feature that he's gonna puke.
"If you said that you wanted a kiss I would've given it to you"
"Iw Ely, I hate you"
"HAHAHAHAHA get enough of yourself and give me some bp"
"Ok princess Ely, here's your command"
Both laughed it out avoiding awkwardness...
Both laughed it out avoiding awkwardness...
"Well, thanks for not making the most beautiful girl be my firstkiss"
"Iw I'm really your first kiss? Yuck!" Ely lied.
"No you're "iw" you kissed me. ON PORPOSE"
"Now you're making me puke. Where's my best friend?" Rolling her eyes on Caleb.
Both laughed again*
"Well, let's not be delusional here, we both know that it's an accident, so let's get to the obvious part. Do my bp taste good? I added 3 scopes of those new seasonings I bought yesterday" With tears on his eyes cause of anxiousness.
"Neh it's fine, idgaf"
"Uh! Ely!"
Ely laughed but Caleb didn't seem to get that Ely was just kidding, well Ely didn't made it clear for Caleb either.
Caleb walked out with an unprinted face, while Ely kept talking without knowing that she's talking to no one.
When she opened her eyes she thought that Caleb was playing a prank on her, thinking he'd make Ely look crazy talking alone.
While Ely was sitting alone she started eating Caleb's baked pineapple when a handsome boy sit with her.
She was in aw when she saw him, he even introduced himself to Ely.
"Hi I'm Malcom"
"Hi" Ely replied with a drulling impression.
"hhh, are you okay?"
"uhh yesyesyess, I'm good, why?"
"Well your friend left you?"
"yeah, it was just, he was just dumb" Ely hoping that Malcom didn't saw her and Caleb accidentally kissed..
"Oh, I think he's cool though, well, what are you eating?"
"Oh, here, have some, these are baked pineapple"
"Baked pineapple? Never heard of them... OHH!!"
Malcom shouted in a very loud voice..
"Why? What's wrong?" Ely panicly replied worried about Malcom..
"Oh no. Oh nonono.. WHY hasn't no one told me about these!? These are the best! My new favorite!"
"Hoo,, you got me worried there.." Ely sigh*
"HAHAHA seriously though, these are amazing! WOHOO!"
"Really?.."
"Yes. Did you make these? "
"Uhuh, hehehe yes I did" Ely lied again trying to impress Malcom..
"Awesome, would you mind coming over to my house teaching me to bake these?"
"Uhh, of course not, I'd love to"
"okay!, does Saturday sound good?"
"Well, we have a group project on saturday.."
"Okay, sunday then?"
"Okay, see you sunday." Ely smiled.
"It's a date." Malcom flirty said then walked out.
He left Ely on the table red as a tomato. Ely was so excited but worried what she'd tell Caleb. She walked out and quickly got to class.
After 3 more hours of school it was finally over. She walked out side to her locker to get some of her things and said..
"1 more day till friday then it's summer break.. ughh, school is so exhausting"
...Ely murmured* when Caleb passed by her, she quickly closed her locker then ran after Caleb....
"Caleb! Why are you ignoring me rn"
Caleb didn't respond..
"Is this about the bp? I'm sorry okay. It was a joke, I like it, and of course it's flawless since you're the one who baked it. I'm sorry okay?"
Caleb stopped and stared at her.. then smiled.
"You're hard to ignore. you know that?"
"Sort of" hehe
"Hey Ely, don't forget our date" Malcom said then winked*
"How could I" Ely replied with a blushing smile
"Wait wait wait, I ignored you for a few hours then you magic yourself a date after all that happened today?" Caleb pretended to smile and confused at the same time while the truth is he's jealous and cautious.
"Well" Ely replied with a smile. "What happened today?, all I remember was that Malcom sat with me at lunch and asked me to be his date on sunday" Ely replied but she's truly hesitant in her mind cause she didn't know what to teach Malcom.. She wanted to tell Caleb the truth but she and her pride couldn't take it.
"Well, I ignored you, you insulated my baking and we kissed"
"Oh uhm, sorry, didn't mean to say that, I didn't know that you felt insulated, I was just kidding cause you didn't want to give me bp in the first place"
"Yeah, then it should've stayed that way does it?"
"Huh?"
"Just kidding, I'll teach you how to do it on saturday"
"Uh, really??"
"Why you don't want to? Or is it your date with "malcom"?"
"I'd love to!, and my date with Malcom is on sunday"
"Oh, okay, that's great then"
"Okay thanks in advance Caleb! You're a life saver!"
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