I am a normal teen girl like everyone else
but I live alone
I'm the only child of my parents
My parents are in India
while I'm living in US for higher studies
I'm 16 years old and joined a college recently
My first year at college was very smooth
as I took online classes without going to college
I hate crowds,strong smells and Talking to strangers.....
I hate communication with others
in other words I'm an
INTROVERT
but one day principal of my college gave me a call
asking me to attend the college everyday
because of some problems....
There was no choice
I need to study more for the sake of my parents
they are working so hard for me
I need to repay them by getting into a good
university and earning a job with good pay
then I can support my family
So I decided to go to college
on the very first day I was late
just cuz of I took a bus
there were so many people wearing different types of perfumes
the smell was too strong for me to handle
I got outta bus and puked
I took a water bottle and cleaned myself
the time was 8:30 am
and there are only 30 minutes left
I couldn't take another bus
so I started to run......
exactly after 27 minutes I reached my college
and Oh god only 3 minutes are left!!!!
I'm gonna be late on the first day!
so I began to run very fast
and exactly when I was going to enter the classroom...
I bumped into a boy!
I was running fast so the force was strong
and I fell down!!
My glasses were broke and I couldn't see
then the man whom I bumped into forwarded his hand towards me....
I took his hand and got up
I'm sorry..... (I said)
Be careful little girl (he said while ruffling my hair)
and he walked away
I couldn't see his face due to my broken glasses
and all the day at college I was like a living doll
I just heard whatever they explained
and Introduce yourselves (asked the lecturer)
everyone was introducing themselves
and it was my turn
I stood up and took a long breath before spelling my name out..
I'm Ashley and I'm from India
for a movement there was a pin drop silence before everyone started to laugh at me
judging my dressing sense and my broken glasses
I felt so humiliated....
but I didn't freaked out
I just composed myself and took my place
After few days
I successfully made no friends
but for the Damn luck everyone were my enemies
everyday in the college feels like a battlefield
and the climate around me made me weakend
I stopped taking bus
and everyday in the morning and evening I'll just walk or may be run to college....
The man that I bumped into on the first day....
I never saw him again or may be I should say I didn't recognised him....
One day the seniors bullied me very bad and spilled coffee on me... in the cafeteria
everyone was looking at me disgusted
it was overwhelming and I couldn't stand anymore
I was very weak and I just walked away from there
I went to washroom changed my clothes
I decided to end the day and ran out of college with my eyes full of tears....
For the first time of my Life I was hoping a hug....
I wanted a hug from someone just to console myself.... I couldn't stop my tears they were falling down my cheeks.... it was evening and as usual I'm walking to my home
Why am I so introvert? I don't have any friends nor family with me... and all I hoped was just a hug
and when I'm walking down the street with wet eyes
I saw a man.... he was holding a board named
FREE HUGS
and I didn't even stood there for a second
I just ran to him and hug him very tight...
tears started flowing from my eyes and strangely
I felt safe in his arms...
he hugged me back and when he realised that I'm crying he patted my back saying
It's fine.... you've done well....
Those are the only words I've yearned for
and I heard them from a stranger?
I just hugged him very tight as well as he
and after I've calmed down... I let him go
and saw his face......
To Be Continued.....
