5

I slowly woke up from deep sleep when I find my surroundings empty while the nurse entered through the door and came toward me.

"Whoa, you are here again", she said, raising her brows.

I scratched my head in embarrassment.

"So what happened today? Did you faint again? Or something else happened?" she asked.

I nodded.

"What made you faint?" she asked, which made me stay silent again while she didn't force me any further.

"OK if you feel better now, then return to your room. I'm sure you already skipped one class", she said and was about to leave when I held her hand.

"Now what?" she asked.

"Um… where is he?" I asked.

"Who?" she asked.

"James?" I asked while I was trying to look up at her expressions.

"James? He didn't come to school today because of something going on at his home", she said, making me widen my eyes.

"What? He didn't come?" I asked again as if I were trying to assure myself.

"Yes, yes, he didn't come today or he would have been lying in this bed claiming his territory." She said ruffling my head but somehow a sentence left my lips making her speak louder.

"What did you say?" she asked.

"Ahh yeah, when I came I saw someone laying here so I without knowing-

I stopped while she kept looking at me.

"Why did you stop? Finish your sentence, I'm waiting", she said while wrapping her arms in a professional mode.

"Haha, I kissed the person", I said while trying to cover my face, which is already turning red.

"What the-

"Have you lost it? Or you drop your brain somewhere?" she asked while I stayed silent.

"Who knows who could be the person whom you kissed suddenly? What if he is a bad person and spreads nasty rumours around schools? Are you even going to survive like that?" she got angry.

"I heard you are not doing very well in your class and now this. What am I even going to do with you? Ayla, you lost it?" she kept saying while I'm on my way to hide my embarrassment.

"I think I should go," I said and ran from there while she kept screaming my name.

"I'm sure this time I messed everything up. Just how could I sacrifice my first kiss like this? Ayla, have you lost it? The nurse was right. I'm the one who messed it up. What if he spread rumours about me? Then what? I don't even have friends to side up with me in case something happened", I thought while running toward my classroom.

I somehow reached when there were no teachers present in the class but the moment I entered Freya again came forward and said, "Did you again end up in the infirmary? Poor you, you can't even take this much. Why are you so lame?" her face was so close to mine when she was mocking but all of sudden something different happened.

"Freya, it's enough", I heard a voice which made me raise my voice, but it was none other than Aaron.

"What enough?" Freya questioned him.

"Do you think we are not aware of what you are doing? Or you think we are all blind?" he asked while holding her away from me.

"What have I done?" she asked.

"Don't get started now", he sighed.

"Could you please explain?" she said.

"You want me to say how you took her note and made yours? Or do you want me to say how you bullied her? Or how you made her wrong in front of everyone?" he said, making her shut her dirty mouth.

"Whhaaattt aaarrree yyooouuu ssaaayyiiinnngg?" she started stuttering, making me laugh.

"Now don't act. You know everyone in this class knows what you are doing but they just don't want to mess with you. You. That is why they are silent. So stop acting when it's not even worth it." He said, making her embarrassed in front of everyone.

But suddenly, the situation changed again.

"So what did I do? What's your problem if I mess with her or not? Why are you taking your interest suddenly when you haven't done anything for so long? It's not like she came yesterday. It's been so freaking long", this made him stay silent while again everyone's look at me.

I walked out of the middle of their arguments and sat in my seat.

I kept hearing lots of stuff, even if I didn't say a freaking thing.

"Why is Aaron taking interest in her suddenly?" one said.

"Aaron, taking an interest in the plain girl? No way. He must be annoyed by Freya's daily act." The second person said,

"It must be as I heard him going out with someone from the upper class so he can't be interested in this girl", they all said and started laughing looking at me. I clenched my shirt. I swear I don't want to faint again. I don't want them to add another tag to my name as a weakling. I don't.

"When are these things going to end?" I mumbled.

"Ayla, you there", a known voice came from outside.

Before I could understand, everyone started saying, "Hey it's her brother from the upper class."

"Yeah, it's him. Freya told us about him." They again started gossiping.

I slowly got up from my seat and went outside while my brother was holding my lunch box in his hand and again I felt Freya's hand on my shoulder claiming to be my best buddy.

"Oh, you, Ayla's friend,'' my brother said, looking at her.

"Oh hi", she replied.

"Today she came in a hurry, so I came with her lunch box." He said and handed me the lunch box. He was about to leave when Freya stopped him while the entire class was looking at them.

"Do you need anything?" he asked.

"Umm, actually yes", Freya said in a shy tone.

"What is it?" I don't know why to bother acting all innocent when he doesn't know what she is going to say. Just hear it and deny her. The topic will end there.

"Not here, but let's meet in the back of the school when school ends", she said.

"Oh ok", he said and left while every freaking person was congratulating her and I again ended up in a corner. No one seemed to notice me. No one seemed to know if a person named Ayla White exists even, but all only know there is only one person named Jace White exists who shines like a star while I am all dark who doesn't even need to notice.

"Look what I told you. Plain white, I will be your sister-in-law, so you should get used to it when you already have time." Freya started taunting me again and again, but this time, I raised my head.

"Why would I? Are you sure you will, my sister-in-law? How can you be so sure he will agree with you? Who knows, there will be plenty of girls after him like you? You can't say anything about it, though." I said with a smirk, but before I could enjoy her anger, a slap landed on my face, making me fall in front of the entire class.

All the things she kept saying to me till now kept running through my hand. I'm losing my mind. My ears keep ringing while I don't know which one to hear or which one to ignore.

"Look White, I'm not saying anything that doesn't mean I can't. I choose not to hit you. That is why you are standing here with your ignorant attitude. But now what you said crossed the limit, so from now on know your place before I could take that too", she said, grabbing my face while her sharp nails kept piercing my cheeks, making it more painful.

"Did you get it?" she asked. I ignored them, but she again held me tightly, making a scratch, which started bleeding in a second.

"Did you get it?" she shouted and threw me on the floor.

Everyone left while I was the only one left on the floor. The scratch she made kept bleeding while the mark from her slap was so visible it stayed at least for a week on my face, which I could never forget.

Why the hell am I the only one who is suffering?

Why?

Am I cursed?

Do I need to know my place the way she said?

If yes, then I will better die than face this type of consequence.

Yeah, I should die.

Brother, couldn't you just ignore her request to meet? Why are you making me feel so low in front of everyone? Or you too think I have no worth? Maybe you too have the same opinion. I can't even think of a reason for you to have good thoughts about me. You must be frustrated with me, too. You must think of me as an annoyance.

Ha ha… is this a life called?