prologue
The happy shout of happy new year woke me up from sleep. Damnit, they really had to shout so loud . I turned to the left side of the bed and checked the time...12:00am....A new year.
More happy screams and laughs are held outside the window causing me to groan. I looked around my dull coloured room. From the grey coloured walls to the old floorboards and to the pathetic excuse of a wood for a dressing table. Colourless.... Like my life. This new year wasn't different from the rest...sad and dark. I mean look at me, Crippled...lives in a slum.. can't do anything and tormented by my past. It's a wonder I'm still alive. Where is death when you need it?, I'm completely useless to this God forsaken earth.
My years as a teenager has greatly affected me so much so that I was caricature of myself now. The bullies, abuse and helplessness as left a scar that can't seem to heal. I always wondered why they hated me so much, why they took pleasure in causing me pain. Why so much hatred, why?. I never got to find out instead I ended up being tied tightly, laid on the floor and let a car run over my legs.
Remembering it made bile rise to my throat and my body shake. It wasn't something I like to remember, but my present condition reminded me of it every single day.
And oh how scared I was. Fear. The most terrible emotion to be in. They scared s**t out of me and reminded me of how useless, how helpless and how much of a loser I am.
No body believed me when I told them...the teachers.. principal and .. grandma... No one. They were the most well-behaved in their eyes, and couldn't do any wrong, they are the best students in the school and in that little town. So why would a scrawny girl tell them the complete opposite of what they showed everybody to be and they believe her?. All I had was myself but I guess it wasn't enough, they were all so extremely strong like some supernatural beings and me a weak human.
A tear slid down my face making me realize i was crying. I wipe it off with my hands and reached for the radio by the bedside, it's the only thing that makes staying here not so lonely. I turn it on and voices boomed from it.
"It's a new year alright, happy new year to everyone listening to this broadcast, we are going to play a few jams for you to make this new year celebration wonderful..." The female voice said. A song came on that I hadn't heard before.
I could hear laughing sounds from kids and adults outside, it was my opposite neighbor. They are nice and friendly too.
I decided to greet them, the window to my room is directly opposite their house. I shifted closer to the edge of the bed and pulled my wheelchair closer to me. Placing my hands strongly on the wheelchair and bed, I heaved myself up and sat on the wheelchair, I blew my brown hair out of my face as I panted heavily. Placing my hands on the wheel, I pushed downwards causing it to roll forward. The noise from the radio continue filling the room and somehow made it lively. Every push made me pant harder, every roll pulled out the little strength in me. I successfully wheeled myself to the window. The dust in them reminded me that it needed cleaning. I pulled it open, everywhere was so bright compared to the dark room I was in. Lights were on around the whole place except maybe my house.
"Happy new year" I said with my voice a bit raised. The brightwoods turned and waved.
"Same Rebecca" Mrs brightwood answered walking a little closer to me.
"Happy new year miss Rebecca" the two cheerful girls of the brightwood sang happily and they ran round their mother.
"How are you girls?" I said feigning a smile, not that they could see it, the room was dark.
"Great.. wonderful" they answered as they ran back to their house.
"Why don't you join us?, It's amazing out here, it's new year" Mrs brightwood offered.
"Maybe next time, I feel sleepy so I will just go back to bed" As if on queue I yawned tiredly.
"Oh alright. See you in the morning" She said and off she went. I watched her as she returned to her family all smiles. She had everything going her way....she had a family.. And here I am.. a shadow of my former self, the only thing I'm good at is scaring people. No one wanted a depressed and disabled girl. No one wanted a girl with a bad teenage life experience and with no friends and family. No one wanted Rebecca..No one wanted me.
I shut the window and turned the wheel of my wheel chair to the bed. I just wanted to sleep and never wake up. I wheeled myself to the bed and placed my hands on the bed wood. With one strong lift I landed on the bed, my heart beat picking up. I breathe loudly suddenly feeling irritated by the loud music from the radio. I reached for it and I was about to turn it off when the music died down itself. A sinister voice sounded from the radio "Do you have a wish? Is there something you want or you want to change something in this new year? Then you have to make a wish"
A wish? Oh please, I rolled my eyes and was about to turn it off again when the voice said sharply "no no, don't turn off your radio, just make a wish... What do you want dear?"
That's weird.
But aside that, what do I want?, That question was the most easy to answer as least for me.
I want to go back, I want a second chance, I want to try again. I want to go back and fight my bullies and abusers and maybe prevent ending up this way. Might be hard, what am I saying, it is hard but I want to try again and get my revenge on them.
I realized I said that out loud and shake my head to clear my thoughts.
"Wish granted" The voice said as I turned it off. I rolled my eyes again. The chances of my wish coming true are extremely thin... That's not even possible. I'm stuck like this..
I placed the radio back of the bedside table and closed my eyes to sleep.
Maybe I won't wake up this time.
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