Episode 3

I can’t believe she would do this to me. My best friend! Out of all the people who could’ve stole my prince it had to be my best friend…the person I trusted the most in the whole world.

Anna sat down on the toilet floor inside a cubicle, crying. She was wiping tears from her eyes and blowing her nose like crazy. The tears wouldn’t stop flowing and her nose wouldn’t stop running. It was a never ending loop of sadness.

‘Anna?’ the main bathroom door came flying open and a voice called for Anna.

Anna ignored the voice and continued to silently cry. While trying to ignore the person and cry, she heard a knock on the door of her bathroom stall.

‘What?’ cried Anna in anger.

‘You ok?’ came the voice from outside the door.

‘Go away!’

‘Can I come in?’

‘No!’

‘Come on, let me in.’

‘No, I don’t even know who you are.’

‘It’s me, Sybil.’

Anna looked at the door of her cubicle and stopped wiping the tears from her eyes. She sat in silence and let the tears flow freely from her unseeing eyes. She then unlocked the door and Sybil came in.

‘Hey, you ok?’ asked Sybil, closing the bathroom door and locking it again.

‘Yeah,’ sniffed Anna, hiding her face.

‘Stop lying to me, Anna.’

‘Why did this have to happen to me?’ asked Anna, turning around to look at Sybil. Anna’s eyes were filled with tears.

‘That’s just life. It’s cruel.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘Things like this always happen. Trust me, Anna, yours is one of the best anyone would want to have. Others have it so much worse than you.’

‘Like who?’

‘I’d rather not say any names right now,’ said Sybil, not looking at Anna anymore and staring at the floor.

‘How bad did they have it, then?’

‘Really bad. There are no words to describe how bad it was for them. They all want, or wanted, to end their life. They haven’t been successful yet, but they are getting there. They will become successful. Once they get all they need to get done in this world, they will end their life.’

‘That’s sad. They really do have it worse.’

‘Yeah.’

I know I haven’t known Sybil for that long, but this is the first time I’ve seen her look sad and not scary or weird.

Anna stared up at Sybil as Sybil awkwardly looked around the stall. She then turned around and read all the words on the door.

As Sybil read the words on the stall door, Anna wiped her eyes, blue her nose, flushed the toilet and then stood up. Sybil looked behind her and saw Anna standing behind her. As soon as she saw Anna, she moved out of the way, unlocked the door and let Anna out. Anna went out and immediately went to the mirror. She opened up her bag that was hanging under her arm and pulled out some concealer. She started putting some on her face and tried to blend it all in with her finger.

‘What are you doing?’ asked Sybil, staring at Anna from behind her.

‘Putting on some concealer,’ replied Anna, blending the concealer on her face until it was all gone.

‘Why?’

‘I’m not walking out of there looking like I have been crying for days. I’ll look like a mess.’

‘You didn’t look like you had been crying for days.’

‘I did. Besides, how am I supposed to find a boyfriend if I don’t look pretty?’

‘Don’t look pretty?’

‘Yes. I have to wear this concealer to cover up any spots, rashes or all that kind of stuff if I want to have any chance of actually getting into a relationship. No man will want me if I look like I’ve been crying or if I look ugly.’

‘Anna.’

Anna stopped blending all the concealer, as it was all blended in, and turned around to look at Sybil. Sybil was staring at the ground.

‘You don’t look ugly. Stop lying to yourself by saying that you are. You are one of the prettiest people I know. You don’t need to cover up anything as you will always look beautiful,’ finished Sybil, starting to look embarrassed.

Anna looked at Sybil in silence. She had never heard someone say that to her before. Suddenly, she ran towards Sybil and hugged her.

‘Thank you, Sybil,’ thanked Anna, wrapping her arms around Sybil tightly.

Sybil stood and let Anna hug her. She didn’t hug back but just stood and looked at herself in the mirror. She then looked at Anna in the mirror and softly smiled.

Sybil is so much sweeter than I thought.

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