Chapter 1
Not Your Typical Love Story
Catherine's POV
"Oi Ririn! Let's go home na! I need to finish my homework!" Nicole called out.
"A second!" I fixed my things and tucked it inside my bag.
"Let's go!" I sighed as we headed home.
"I'm tired of this life, Nicole." I blurted out suddenly.
"Whoa. Are you having fever or what? I'm not used to this." She gave me the you're-weird-today look.
"It's nothing. I just feel, you know, inferior of myself."
"*sigh* Those guys bullied you again, did they?"
"Yeah, but it's not that."
"Then what?"
"I need a break. From everything." Or at least a break from school.
"Hmmm... I guess you should think things over. If you need me, I'll be here!"
"Nah, I'm good. Oops. Daddy's here. See you tomorrow. Bye!" I hurriedly ran towards our car.
On my way home, the words kept ringing in my head. My heart. It hurts so much.
"You're worthless."
"You need to get out of here."
"You're dumb."
And worst,
"You're ugly."
Huh. I'm ugly.
UGLY.
UGLY.
UGLY.
"Catherine! Catherine! You're daydreaming again!" My dad shook me.
"H-huh? Oh. I'm sorry daddy." I facepalmed myself as I went out of the car.
I directly went to my room. I feel depressed. I need my easel and my paintbrush.
"Oookay... Let's get this started." I dipped my paintbrush as I paint a place where I feel acceptance. Not sure where's this place though. It's from a random imagination. I continued to paint until I formed a classroom. A classroom? But this was different. This wasn't my present classroom where I experience verbal bullying. I don't even know if this place existed. Sigh. I glared at my clock and realized it's already late. Wow. Time sure flies fast. I guess no dinner for tonight. I jumped into my bed and said my prayers.
"God, I hope I won't be miserable my whole life. I wish one day, I could find a place where I'm loved, accepted, and appreciated. That's all I want. To be appreciated. Amen." I closed my eyes as a tear trickled down my cheek.
"Goodnight, cruel world. Goodnight." I whispered as I turned off the lights.
I wish I'd just wake up in a random place. A place away from here.
And without me knowing, a falling star fell out of the sky.
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