Life Of A Single Woman

I woke up to my daily alarm. That is my Mom and Dad shouting at each other. I checked my mobile as it is the first thing on my to-do list when I wake up. Its 6 am and I had set alarm for 6.30 am. A half-hour of sleep lost. Thanks, Mom and Dad. I turned to look at the couch opposite to my bed. Micheal my younger brother is sleeping soundly there. So the thing is my mom and dad like most of the couple's, fight and shouts at each other. They do it every morning before they go to their jobs. It's just like a routine now. My brother who is a high schooler sleeps in the room next to Mom and Dad.

When we were kids one day their fight got so loud that I went to look at what was going on. On my way to their room, I saw Micheal sitting in his bed crying. My poor brother was so scared that when I went and touched his hands he flinched. I told him that I was scared of being alone in my room and my superhero brother should protect his sister from the villains. I didn't know that would work at that point, but it did. He came with me and slept next to me. From then onwards whenever there is a huge drama going on in their room he comes to my room to sleep. Now we are adjusted to this daily soap.

He is fast asleep that means they have been fighting for some time. Well, that's good. I skipped most of their drama today. As it's my daily cycle I opened my WatssApp first. Na, nothing much in there. I am not so fond of groups so I have set them on mute. My friend Leya has sent me a good morning message with coffee and cookie emoji as usual.

Well, what else do you guys look up in WatssApp other than messages? Status?

No that is a red zone for me. I even cursed WatssApp for introducing the status feature. All those lovey-dovey images of girls in your contact list with their boyfriends. And the funny part is you can see the same girl who wrote: 'The only love of my life' in her photo with her boyfriend this week posts another photo of her with another boy next week with the same caption. Okay, I am not judging anything. It's life. They may have broken up. But to get over 'The only love of your life' and get someone to replace him in just a week?

After my short visit to WatssApp, my next stop is Facbook. There I spend some quality time reading memes. Oh! the life of a single woman. This single woman who is known by the name Melanie. I am 21 years old and I am on my final year of college. That's it for now. Since I have woken up to world war infinity, most probably I have to make breakfast for me and my brother.

I came to downstairs after bath to see that dad and mom have left for their jobs. On the kitchen counter, there were two plates of omelette with toasts and a glass of milk. I don't drink milk so yeah that's for my brother. Since the breakfast is already set which means today's fight was not that serious. I ate my breakfast quickly and shouted

" Mike... get up. Mom and dad have already left. You're gonna be late for school"

It takes a one-hour bus ride to my college so I leave early than my brother whose school is just 10-minute walk afar. He slowly got up and walked to his room with partly open eyes. I quickly got ready to catch up on the bus on time. I am punctual but my friend Leya takes a decade to get ready for college. I forget to mention that she is my neighbour and we go to college together. She is majoring in arts while I took science.

After checking that Mike has woken up, not sleeping in his room, I took my bag and walked to Leya's home. As usual, when I rang the doorbell her mom invited me in shouting her name out loud. She strolled towards me like a model from her room. Sometimes I wonder why she is my best friend, while we are not that similar. But she is the only person other than my brother whom I believe to share my thoughts with.

"How do I look?" she asked while searching her bag.

"You looks like Leya to me"

She was not even listening to my comment as if she already knew what I would say.

"We are gonna miss the bus, Mel. Hurry up"

She darted outside and I followed her defeated.

Luckily we reach the bus stop at the correct time. There were no vacant seats so we were standing. I was searching for a new comic to read on my phone when Leya nudged me.

"What?"

"Mel, on your right there is this hot guy and his biceps...OMG. Is he a college student? Does he goes to our college?"

"I don't care and how would I know his whereabouts?"

"Just look at him, Mel. I am not telling you to fall in love with him at first sight. Just enjoy the VIEW."

I turned my head slowly to right and then back to Leya.

"He is okay and to your question, I have not seen him before"

"Every boy we met are just okay for you. What's your problem?"

"Leya, I am not interested in all these at the time being"

" So when are you going to meet someone Mel if you don't go on dates now?"

I changed my view from her to look outside the window. Do we need a boyfriend to enjoy our life? Can such love bring me more happiness than I am at present? How can I trust someone whom I knew for a few months or years with my life? I woke up from my thoughts by a gentle pat from Leya on my shoulder when we reached our college.

We were crossing the roads to get to the campus when two large arms hugged Leya from the back. Yep, that's her boyfriend Jake. He is my classmate. So he met Leya through me and there were sparks and now they are dating. After their PDA Jake freed Leya from his hands and came towards me inviting me for a hug.

"Please don't strangle me to death"

He smirked and did the exact thing to me. Luckily his attempt to kill me by strangling was postponed by a familiar voice

"Bro, don't kill her. She is too precious"

It was Ron. Jake's cousin and our junior in college. Girls loved to be in his line of sight. He was not mean and arrogant about the whole attention. He rejects them politely. A total heartthrob. He is in a relationship with one of his classmates. They give everyone major couple goals.

"Dude you have a girlfriend. At least act like a loyal boyfriend in front of us"

"Jake, I think he is more trustworthy than you. You didn't even tell me that you were dating my friend until I caught you guys together"

"That was because I thought Leya had a talk with you about us. Right Babe?"

"Sorry, Jake. It's between you and Mel. Count me out"

"Leya told me everything. But you are my friend too. I hoped that you will tell me just like she did"

"Man... You did wrong. Such a selfish friend you got there Mel"

"Shut it, Ron. Okay, Mel, I am sorry. I should have told you. It was my mistake. But it was not intentional."

Three of us started laughing looking at the innocent yet guilty face with which Jake was pleading in front of me.

"You guys were playing me?'

"Too late bro"

I was afraid that Jake would take this joke seriously but he too started to laugh with us.

"Okay then, Leya meet you after class. I have to go to the library."

"Mel, I am also coming with you. Have some books due to the library." Ron followed me.

"Bye guys"

I left with Ron to the library leaving Leya and Jake to continue with their PDA.

"So how are you and Betty doing?"

"We are good. She understands me well so it's easy to spend time with her. You dating someone?"

"Nope. I am not currently in a position to even put a status as "it's complicated" I said with a smile.

"You know I always noticed that you look down when you smile like that. It's cute"

That's it. I was drawn back to a couple of years. That night. The warmth radiating from his body and his scent when he stood close to my back. His breath near my neck that made me quiver. It's all coming back to my head. His voice...

" It turns me on when you look down while smiling like that"

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