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I LOVE YOU

The sky was cloudy, smoke filled the air, the place was too quiet and calm for the chaos that had just occurred . The earth was angry that day, the ground shook, the earthquake claimed the lives of many.

Zeke turned helplessly, he searched for her in the dark, it was cloudy, it was rocky but he continued his futile search. He could not imagine himself without Rachel , he could not live without her, she was his everything. He had not even told her how he felt about her so how could u he let her go? Never!

“ Rachel, I-I -I love you “ he sobbed as he went on his knees

“ One drop “

“ Two drops “

“ Three drops”

And a lot of droplets came down as the sky opened its mouth that day . Zeke felt hopeless , he was there reminiscing about the beautiful memories they made together , he was there missing her beautiful smile , her soft and fair skin, her shiny brown hair. Damn, he missed everything about her.

He was still on his knees, he was still hurting and dying on the inside . It was too hard to live a second without her . She had become his life and his everything.

As he knelt there, completely drenched by the rain, he thought of how he actually had not done anything for Rachel , how he had not yet professed his love . He felt cold because the one person who bought warmth to his life was gone.

“ No “ he shouted immediately “ She’s not gone , she should be waiting for me , she probably is counting on me to come find her “ In a frenzy, he stood up, he could not walk properly and his head was dizzy .

“ Zeke “ someone called out his name but he didn’t stop walking, instead he ran to look for Rachel , he hit his foot real hard against a stone and fell face front against the rocks.

“ Zeke “ the person came into view and held onto him desperately, it was Troy.

“ Are you crazy?” He shouted

“ I have to look for Rachel “ Zeke said, he felt blood tricker down his face but he did not care “ she’s waiting “

“ snap out of it bro “ Troy shouted and cried “ she’s gone , she caused this in the first place and to her you’re not real, you’re just a character , a fictional product of her imagination. So please wake up and face reality “

“ She’s my reality “ Zeke says and his eyes started closing slowly. Troy noticed it and shook him aggressively, urging him to stay awake . Desperately he carried Zeke and pulled him out of the rain.

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Rachel extended her arms and turned off the alarm , she lazily got out of the bed to prepare for school . She hummed as she did her chores, she made breakfast for herself, her step-sisters and dad.

Rachel was the only child of her father, her mother died when she was twelve, her father remarried the following year, like as if he had been waiting for her mom to die. Her parents had been having misunderstandings between themselves , they stayed apart for some time before her mother died.

From a very young age, she learnt to be independent. A part of her was angry at her father for remarrying so early and the worst part was that her step mother already had two girls before their union. It was so hard living with those girls, they were rude , arrogant, lazy and did not even respect her father. She did not even know if her father was just turning a blind eye to it because of her step mother’s money or if he chose not to talk because he actually loved the woman. Either way, she knew her father married because of money.

Her step mother was rich, she was really rich. She was hardly ever around, she was always on a business trip or at work, or sorting one or two deals in the library. After their wedding, her father moved in with her. Did they live happily ever after? She wasn’t sure, their lives were so complicated and she was fighting for her sanity that she did not even care about her dad, her step sisters or step mother that was hardly around.

She made something very simple, omelet. Her sisters came down in a jiffy. They were twins, fraternal twins to be precise . She was around the same age with them, although they were older with six months

“What’s for breakfast?” Sally , one of them asked

“ I made omelet”

“ Again? “ Brit asked frustrated. “ You did that yesterday “

“ I have school and I have to go early”

“ Are you saying we play around? We literally have school you know “ Sally said angrily

“ I didn’t say that, but if you want to eat something good and sumptuous for breakfast, then how about you both get up early to make it yourself “ At this point, Rachel was frustrated with their incessant complains

“ You ingrate!” Brit exclaimed “ You should be happy you’re living with us, you and your dad keep leeching off of my mom and you complain at any opportunity you get. “

It was the truth, her dad was actually leeching off their mom but it hurt so bad when they said it. She had nothing to say, she clenched her fist so hard and stormed out the door.

At school, she was the nerdy kid. She was quiet , introverted and most of the time , bullied. She was at the school’s cafeteria eating when someone placed a huge chunk of soy sauce in her meal. The people who did it laughed afterwards, she did not even need to look up to know who it was, it was Brooklyn and her minions. They felt they were the ‘It’ girls in school, every and anything they did was perfect.

“ Hey loser “ she said and laughed again but Rachel did not answer , she just stared down at her plate not moving “ Are you deaf? “ Brooklyn asked pushing her hair back forcefully

“ please stop” Rachel quietly begged, “I’m not in the mood for this”

“ And who ever asked for your opinion “ one of her minions said placing her gum on Rachel’s hair . The whole room burst into uncontrollable laughter

“ Oh sorry, did that hurt?” Brooklyn asked mockingly . Rachel looked up, her gaze was fierce, she was fuming inside

“ Give it a rest , Brooklyn “ she stood up to face her “ you’re not cool, bullying others doesn’t make you cool. This should be the last time something like this happens…….”

“ Or what?” Brooklyn cut her short “ oooh, I’m scared, she sounds just like my mommy “ she said and laughed again.

“ well, maybe I do “ Rachel smirked, picked up her plate and suddenly smeared the contents on Brooklyn’s face . The entire room was silent and suddenly everyone laughed as Brooklyn shrieked

“ You’re dead” one of Brooklyn’s minions told her and carefully, they dragged their friend away. Rachel took a deep breath , she would’ve managed whatever they did to her today but unfortunately her sister had to provoke her from home and she really wanted to vent on someone.

“ Are you okay Rachel?” Nora, her friend asked

“ Yeah”

“ Your hair” she pointed “ let’s get that off . Nora led her out of the cafeteria, carrying her things for her.