1. A Quiet Day

The month is October. In a field of fallen leafs a girl is running towards a bench where a girl is sleeping sitting, burying her face on her folded hands. That girl reached the table and put down two coffee cups with a thug sound, expecting that the sleeping girl would sit up and look at her. But in her disappointment she didn't.

" Wake up Violet" said the girl pushing one cup towards Violet. Violet turn her head up, looking exhausted as if she just came back from 100 km marathon.

" Jesus!! Violet what happened?? " Said the girl as she was about to take a sip from her cup but stopped midair.

"Umm nothing Anna "Violet said as she was inspecting her surrounding.

" You never shear your problems with me, look at your face, you look horrible, how many nights you didn't sleep "Anna's voice is getting higher than her excitement

It's the first day after midterm. Violet and Anna usually come together on campus, interesting part is both of their parents house is so close to their campus that they didn't take any campus housing. But today as Anna went to her place to call her, her housemaid said she has already left for uni, Anna was surprised and also worried that Violet become absent-minded whenever something goes wrong with her Now she saw Violet in this position…she is getting excited, but also she knows that Violet would not speak a word of her own problems

" Adrian is coming this weekend "Anna said, hoping that could make Violet feel better, even tho she knows nothing about what happened to her.

" Cool "Violet said, her voice shows no sign of excitement or interest. With this expression and her stubbornness Anna got furious and about to burst out a scream, but before she could say anything Violet start speaking looking at a Vogue place

"Troy is coming tonight, we are going to have dinner together "as she said that Anna noticed Violet smiled a little. Anna knows that no matter how long she is befriended with Violet, she always prioritize Troy more than her, some of this makes Anna sad, but she knows no one can understand Violet more than Troy

"But as I said Adrian is coming this weekend…it's been almost 12 years Violet...aren't you happy to meet him again... I'm so excited to get back together!! " Anna said while making little jumps while sitting in excitement. Now Violet look at her directly and asked

" Why is he coming all of a sudden? " Violet said, sound irritated.

"What do you mean??? Don't you know that he is taking admission in Harvard in law?? " Anna said in tone as if they have already talked about this topic millionth times, which they didn't of course. Violet stood up with the same uninterested expression on her face and said

" Fine than see you guys at weekend "as she said she left the table...leaving her cold untouched coffee (which was hot at first) behind.

Violet let herself get inside the central library...and found an empty bench...she sits there for some minute…than she held her left hand in front of her face and pull up her long sleeve, reveling a wound circle with a bruise.

Violet was raised by her father who is a businessman (import-export business of spice). Whom she hated the most...how could you not hate a man who is narcissist and has anger issues and most importantly...who killed your mother. Yes he did...in front of her eyes when she was 5...for the lack of evidence (with his global power he covered everything) her father was declared innocent. That man always controlled her…attest tried his best to do so...where ever she would go...about her friends...even what subject she would choose for graduate...that's where she spoke for herself...she was always good at math...she felt her mind speak to her whenever she solved any problem, it's her way of getting out of her own brain...she thought too much, always, sometime she wants to shoot herself with her father's pistol...her father wanted her to study business, in which she has no interest, so she went against her father this first time and choose math. And after that her father starts to hate Her. he would throw sharp object at her whenever he is drunk and see her around his eyes...that's exactly what happened last night, she was returning from Anna's house, and she saw her father was sitting on the dining room couch...she thought she would go pass by him...but she couldn't

"You little unless piece of SHIT !! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL DAY !! " He screamed as he put down his glass of whiskey. And she was about to leave ignoring his question, but before she could move she saw, he grabbed the glass with little amount of whiskey at the bottom, and throw it aiming her head...and to save herself she moved her left arm in front of her face and the glass shattered on her hand...leaving her with a blue moss colored bruise.

In the evening after classes ended Violet went to the Vietnamese restaurant near her campus and book a sit...while waiting for Troy, she recalled what Anna told her about Adrian, she couldn't understand why is he coming back from Pennsylvania to Cambridge to study law. Well more than that she wasn't excited at all to meet him...nowadays, she is too anxious to meet new people...even tho he is not someone new...but at the same point he is someone new...she thought, he could have become a new person now, just like she is. Among three of them Anna is the only one who is still as same as she was as kid, she still has her spark…does Adrian still have his spark ? She thought. Before she could recall more memories about her and Adrian, she saw the chair in front of her got slide back and a girl in jeans and plan t shirt sit in front of her.

"Troy!! " Voilet called out looking at the girl just sit in front of her.

" hello Violet, why are you looking so tensed " said Troy as she adjust herself on her chair.

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