June and Kyle

Why This? Been wanting to write a short story long? Dunno how it's gonna pan out. I got my title, I got my characters, I got my plot, I need to get the perseverance. I love how blogging brings out more than 4 letter words in my vocabulary. Anyways, so this is the 1st part of a never-ending saga...

It was June's first day at her new college. She had made a couple of new friends and everyone seemed very friendly. She wanted to maintain as low a profile as possible. Too many things had happened in her past and she wanted to be rid of those horrid memories. She shuddered every time she thought of it and just prayed people here would never get to know of all those bad things. She covered her head and tried making as little eye contact as possible with people. It so wasn't in her nature to be so meek. But, she dint know what else to do. For someone who was a tomboy and who lived for challenges and adventures this new way of life was awkward and confusing. Worse was she had to live like a refugee even though she hadn't done anything wrong. She cursed her impulsiveness and reckless behavior coz of which she had brought all this upon herself!

So anyways here she was in a brand new college, which wasn't as impressive as her previous one nor were the kids rich and spoilt and nor were the teachers interested in any of the students. She thought she'd blend in with the rest of them and over time be one of them, hopefully.

But human behavior is predictable if not anything. She loved learning new things and answering the lecturer's questions. She liked asking questions and being on top of everything. She dint realize this was not helping her in any way in being the mouse she was so hard trying to be. 'Aww hell' she thought. The urge to speak her mind out was too strong. People did start noticing her. But there was a difference. Previously where people thought she was showing off, here people respected and admired her for her attitude. People here were nicer.