Chapter 2 - Memories

"Rhea! How come you got such bad marks?" Rhea's teacher yells at her, as she scored the lowest of all in the class. Her head hanging down from shame and embarrassment. And her friends? They giggled loud enough for her to listen, as they got higher marks than her. Rhea's face heated with anger and shame with her thoughts saying, "hell to making these dumb asses remember their past, I can't even score good marks on my test. Plus, I think I will have to kill them all before I take them back to heaven"

"Go back to your seat now!" Finally, the long winded scolding ended and Rhea was allowed to go back to her seat where she silenced her friends down with a hard stare. Guess, they understood the fact that if they did not shut up, their fate is going to be bad.....

The bell for lunch rang with a loud noise which was accompanied by even louder squeals from the students. While everyone was busy hopping from one place to other, Rhea sat in her place, sulking. And she was not only sulking but was also dreading, the reaction her mother would have when she goes back home. Her mother was quite strict about marks and studies and she couldn't fathom what would happen if she went home with this sorry excuse of a result.

"Won't you have lunch?" Missy said, while putting her hand on the book laid open on her table, covering the contents of it. A subtle gesture of compassion from her.

"I don't feel like it..." Rhea's said, her voice came out weak and sad. Her eyes teary and her head drooped down.

"Don't worry, you didn't get that bad marks— pfft" Winter's words came out on muffled laughs. She seemed to be clearly enjoying the situation, without knowing the death sitting in front of her.

"Hey don't laugh! Let's go have something Rhea! I am starving!" The lorean twins spoke at once. Their faces drained out of energy and life with each passing second from hunger.

"Yeah and you can tell us about the whole fairy thing you were trying to say in the morning?" Liss's voice came out warm and affectionate. But her offer to hear Rhea's "fairy tale" pulled out a groan and two out of the others. They dreaded the long winded fairytale Rhea would say, they have heard it a million times but she insists on telling them it every day.

"Oh come on! Seriously?" Lotus muttered silently while throwing her hands in the air. The lorean twins patted her shoulders with a small "we feel you" nod. "Guess we are stuck with hearing that again..." Lotus said, her voice trailing off to a sigh but her eyes turning soft... They can do anything to cheer their friend up. It's been like this since the very first moment they met.

Rhea's eyes shone with hope and excitement at their willingness to hear the story again...

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