Starting of A Happy Life

Luka went down stairs to his parents. He had never been this confident while showing his test results before and this was all thanks to his hard work and Ruth’s kindness. His parents without even looking at his results told him to pack up his bags as they have already talked about him in the boarding school. “First take a look at my result” he said. They glared at him then took his result form his hand and were too stunned to speak when they saw his marks. “Did you cheat?” asked his father in an angry voice. “Really! That’s the first thing that came into your mind. I stayed up all night studying to prove myself but no matter how much I try I’ll never be enough for you.” Luka shouted. His parents were a little shocked at his out burst. “So you didn’t cheat and actually studied. See if you would’ve listened to us before, you would’ve been one of the brightest students in your school. Since you have finally realized the importance of studying we are no longer sending you to a boarding school.” “You guys impossible!” says this he went back to his room. He sat in his bed looking toward his desk. “You told me that you like to draw to lift your mood. So why don’t you draw for sometime and after which I’ll teach you the next lesson.” “I’ve quit drawing. It’s a waist of time and I should invest all my time studying to have a successful career.” Saying this Luka sat on his desk and opened his book, and Ruth stared teaching him. Luka was a very good catcher if he paid attention and Ruth’s fun style of teaching made it even easier for Luka to learn fast.

“Ruth you remember na that you told me that you’ll help me communicate with my friends and especially Kripi. So, will you sneak me in her room tonight.” Said Luka excitedly after completing his work. Ruth looked at him dead in the eye and said “What do you mean by sneaking into someone’s room. You quit sketching because it was a waste of time and then you say you wanna waist your time by meeting Kripi.” “Really Ruth. Why are you saying this, you know how my parents will react when they’ll find out that I started sketching again. And moreover my parents are right sketching is just a hobby nothing more and I should not waist my time putting so much effort into something that doesn’t give me anything in return.” “And what makes you think that sketching is just a hobby and not your passion. You are willing to give up on one thing that you are naturally good just so that you can live a successful life. What makes you think that pursuing your passion will not give you success. Does your parents like to Visit art galleries?” Said Ruth while looking straight into his eyes. Luka replied hesitantly “Yeah, they do like to Visit art gallery so.” “What do they do in the art gallery?” Luka was a little confused at the questions Ruth was asking but still he replied “ Off course they look at the unique artwork and admire it.” “And do you think those artwork magically appeared on the galleries, of course not they were made by people like you who loved painting and spend all their energy on something they loved since they were born. I was good at studies and I always topped my classes that wasn’t because my parents forced me to it was because I loved studies, on the other hand Emily’s parents always pressured her but she was never able to beat me cause I studied for myself and not for my parents. Listen if you’ll do something to please other and kill your own happiness for it you will in the end blame yourself for not doing what you loved”. Luka was moved by Ruth’s words but he was still hesitant. “You followed your passion and in the end you died besides if I start to pay more attention to studies I will gradually start to enjoy it”. “But...”. Ruth was rudely intrupted by Luka “Drop this topic already, I’m sleepy and I’m going to sleep”. “Whatever do as you please and I’m heading out to look for my new victim”. “What I thought you left killing innocent peo-ple”. Before Luka could even complete his sentence she was already out.

“OMG!!! WHO ARE YOU?!!” Screamed Kripi. “The famous nail killer”. Said Ruth while smirking at her. “Why are yu-you here?”. “Why do you think I’d be here at this hour huh?”