After Meeting You

Chapter 1

Jared POV  

    All I can think is how my life turned out so good. How come life gives you such beautiful surprises?? The life I was despising for so many years is what I lounge for. I just hope now that it never ends. – Jared

10 years ago…

     I was just a teenager who has entered into adolescence and was grumpy, rebellious and arrogant in his way. Mt. High was not a joke but a pavement for future, a school which just not taught academics for course completion but also gave connections to reach your ultimate goal. Oh if you think I was a rich fella, you are wrong. I came from middle class family, my mother being a part time tutor and dad being a doctor. My parents made all plans for me, Mt. High being one of them. So my reaction? I was fed up with them. They would give deadlines, ultimatum if I do something wrong and cut off my free time or my own time.

      ‘Mom can I not go to Mt. High? I like it here. I don’t want to miss my friends here. After all I don’t have many because you change school mostly every year.’ I was bickering with my mom. I had been transferred to more than 8 schools not because I was bad or suspended but my parents thought it is way of teaching me how life goes and also they were never satisfied with the school.

      ‘Are you out of your mind? Good you spoke this in front of me, don’t you dare say anything this to your father. And what friends? Are they going to give you the benefits of Mt. High? They don’t even have any career aspiration! Suckers! You were damn lucky that you got enrolled in Mt. High even having average grades. Now go back to your room and study.’

       I came back to my room and saw the cabinets lined with trophies for securing 1st rank in school, best in tennis, violin competition and some other stuff. But my parents were never happy saying your score is near the second ranker. One horrible thing happened, I got second rank once! My parents made such havoc that they started thinking I was average. I hate this life. Finally I have got some friends who care about me, turn blind eye towards my parents and now my mom calls them sucker. Sometimes I think why can’t I go against my parents? Just why?

    It was all about 7 in the evening, the usual time my father comes back home. He is kinda a strict guy with no expression whatsoever. Doesn’t speak more than a sentence and very hard to approach. Even sometimes Mom looks scared of him. Sometimes I feel I am living with strangers. We don’t have any relatives or my parents prefer not to have one. I was in my thoughts when bell rang just like for a second. ‘Jared get that door, your father will be irritated if you don’t open it.’ ‘Yes Mom.’

     ‘Good evening Dad’, I approached with cautious word. ‘Hmm’, is what he replied. ‘Miranda can you come to room?’ ‘Yes dear’ I don’t know why but my Mom looked kinda tensed! After dinner, my dad asked me to stay, which unusual because after cleaning plates I am supposed to go to room. Even though he wants to say anything it’s always narrated through mom. This makes me quite uneasy. ‘You will be attending Mt. High after a month.’ ‘Yes Dad.’ ‘We may have pushed you a little more during these years but it was all for your betterment. But I wish you spend some relaxing time and in the same course try to make yourself brave. For next two weeks, you can go for a solo trip, enjoy with your friends. But make sure to be back before deadline or you knew the consequences. Am I clear?’ It’s like whole life speech my dad gave to me! ‘Yes Dad. Don’t worry I will not disappoint you or mom.’ ‘You better not.’ With that he left living me in disbelief and also mom.

      It’s confusing sometimes when you get power to decide something on your own. I was going to spend next two weeks like I wanted. And I am pretty sure at the moment that I totally don’t how I am going to spend. Well one think I didn’t know was that my life was gonna getting changed!!