I woke up to the sound of my alarm blaring."shut up" I rolled to the side to stop that devil which is my alarm and went back to sleep.
The second time I woke up feeling something heavy on me and it crushes me."Ahhhhhhhhh! I yelled my lungs out.
"Stop yelling scar". Zay said laughing out loud.
I opened my eyes to see that the weight crushing me is none other than zay and she is laughing her ass off.
"Get off of me, you hippo! What the bloody hell zay, you look skinny but you are crushing me into the bed and I feel like someone is crushing me with a stone" I said while trying to get her off of me.
She gasps and said dramatically"take that back scar"
" What if I don't take it back," I said sassily.
" I am gonna count 1 to 3 if you won't take it back then see what will happen," she said threatening me.
"Stop being a drama queen Zay," I said while getting from the bed.
" 1,2 you have still time to take that back scar," Zay said throwing daggers through her eyes. Which makes me laugh because she is looking like a cartoon character.
"3 I have given you the time scar now it's time to show you what zayreen will gonna do," Zay said with an evil glint in her eyes laughing funnily imagining herself as some sort of villain from the movies but she is failing hard.
" Hahahahhahahahaha" now I am on the ground clutching my stomach laughing hard while tears streaming down my cheeks. Suddenly I felt the same weight and opened my eyes to see zayreen straddling me and she had that same evil glint in her eyes and a smirk this time.
" Buhahahaahhhaaa" now you are gonna laugh your ass off the scar," Zay said and started tickling me without giving me time to react.
"Stop stooooooooooop" I am screaming like a madwoman and laughing at the same time.
" First take that back, then I will stop," she said while tickling me hard.
" I am taking it back zay, you are not a hippo and you don't weigh like it too". I said between my laughing.
" Hmmm good girl, this is the first that's why I am sparing you, if you say it again then this tickle monster will tickle you until you pee in your pants," Zay said while grinning and getting off of me.
"Ewwwww Zay what the hell is that," I said while getting from the ground.
" You wanna see how it happens? Come one I will show you" Zay said while jiggling her fingers and coming my way.
" Noooooooooooooooo"
I yelled and ran to the living room and into the kitchen where lilly is preparing breakfast. I hide behind her " lilly please save me from zayreen, I think she had gone mad or something, she is tickling me" I said pleading.
" Zayyyyyyy, stop this now if not we are gonna leave you here and we will go to uni without you," lilly said hands on her hips and frowning.
" No need to threaten lilly, I am going to stop anyways," she said while pouting like a child.
" Good, now go and get ready you take more time than us to get ready," lilly said while smirking.
" You guys are evil, I am not talking to you both for two minutes," Zay said like a drama queen stomping her feet and going into her room.
" She is such a drama queen," lilly said laughing.
" That she is," I said laughing with her.
After our drama session in the morning ( note my sarcasm) we got ready, ate our breakfast, and getting ready to take off to the university.
I am currently sitting on the couch wearing my usual attire consists of high-waisted jeans and a hoody with boots and some accessories. Clutching my bag to my chest. I am drowning in my unnecessary thoughts and insecurities waking my demons in my head and they are clawing minds to free them and wanted to wreck me. I started doubting myself and the decision I took which is to come here and took admission to New York University. Planting insecurities in my head like what people think of my outfit, what my classmates think of me, what if I don't belong here, is everyone going to judge me? Bully me if I do something wrong? What if I am judged because of my style? My demons are pulling me towards the dark hole which exists in my head and making me degrade myself and wanna stop me from moving on and doing something good with my life. These negative thoughts are gonna mess with my life and I am gonna miss this opportunity that life gave me. So, I am not gonna let my doubts, insecurities win. I am gonna leave them behind and move forward towards the light. I am gonna come out from that dark hole where my demons are whispering to me to come back but now I am not gonna listen to them.
" Come to the earth scar," Zay said while moving her hand in front of my face.
" Stop it scar," I said with a scowl.
" Hey, what's with that scowl scar. Are you getting cold feet because this is our first to uni? Zay asked.
I nodded and dropped my head.
" Hey hey. Don't be scared or get a nervous scar. I know how you are feeling and to be honest I am scared more than you. Do you know why?
Zay asked me and I nodded no.
" Because back in turkey throughout my school life I got bullied because of my red hair but I always fought back because I know that they are just jealous of my hair and they envy me that's why they bullied me. People who judge you are just jealous of you because they can't have what we have. So get up and smile big. Today is our first to the New York University and we are gonna rock" she said while clapping her hands and jumping with a big grin.
Seeing Zay and listening to her made me relieve and somewhat confident.
I can do it I repeated this in my head through our journey to the uni.
We took Zay's car to the uni because she has a shiny red Porsche and we want to make a grand entry to our first day is what says words are.
After getting off from the car and entering uni's corridor we met with few glances but nothing like high school. We took our schedules and went to a seminar hall. There is a seminar which consists of welcoming new students to the university.
Throughout the seminar, we three sat beside each other and listened to the dean who is telling us about the university and the professors.
Seminar took 2 hours to complete. After that, we went to our separate classes.
I had 3 classes after the seminar and we all have classes in the morning session only so we have plenty of time to do anything we want to do in that time.
I am gonna find a job to pay bills and for my other necessities. I don't have to worry about money because my dad gonna send money to my account but I want to bear my expenses on my own I want to work and study. I want to take responsibility.
After our classes, we went to our apartment.
" I am dead tired," lilly said while laying on the couch like a starfish.
" Yeah me too," Zay said sitting on the kitchen table while sipping water.
I just nodded my head and sighed.
" So how are your classes and your professors," I asked lilly and Zay.
" They are good and already there is a lot to learn and store that in your brain," said lilly exasperating.
" Awww poor thing" Zay cooed from the kitchen with a pout.
" Anyways I don't have much work to do. I just have to use my creative skills and that's it" Zay said with her hands waving like a magician.
" Seriously Zay do you think you are a magician? With just a flick of a finger you are gonna finish everything" lilly said with a raised brow.
" Who knows maybe I, am," Zay said again waving hands like something is there in her hands and waving in front of Lilly's face.
" Stop it Zay or else I am gonna threw a bucket of water on you and drain all your magic powers," lilly said evilly.
" Oh no please don't do that lilly. How am gonna live without magic? Zay said dramatically removing fake tears from her eyes.
" Will you guys please stop your drama? If you two gonna continue any longer I am gonna hit my head to the wall. I said seriously folding my arms. But I am dying to control my laugh because of their antics.
" Oh, no scar please don't leave us. We can't live without you please" Zay and lilly both say while coming away to hug me.
" Oh my God! You two are seriously such a drama Queens. Will you two please stop it I am gonna die laughing this hard" I said while laughing.
Soon they joined me and started laughing aloud. " Seriously guys you two are such a drama Queens and who talk like that magic and all. Seriously! I said while laughing with them.
" Whatever but it makes us laugh that is the main point here," lilly said while getting off from the floor where we are rolling and laughing.
" Yes guys it makes us laugh and we are relieved from the uni's stress which we are feeling when we came back from the uni. And laughing is good for our health. Zay said like a therapist.
" Yes yes, it is," I said while sitting on the couch from the ground.
" Okay guys, what are you guys gonna eat? Tell me I am going it make it" lilly yelled from the kitchen.
Zay and I yelled spaghetti at the same time.
We looked at each other and laughed again like children.
" Okay, then spaghetti gonna be prepared by the chef," lilly said adjusting her imaginary chef cap on her head.
" Can you please make it quick chef?" Zay asked loud?
" You have to wait zay because this chef takes her time to make a delicious and mouthwatering spaghetti" lilly says while tying her apron.
" Okay then we will wait chef," Zay said turning on the TV.
" Ummmmm it tastes so good lilly," Zay said licking her fingers which had sauce.
"Yep, I never had this tasty spaghetti before. Where did you learn to make this? I asked while taking my last bite.
" My nana she taught me this and she taught me most of her dishes. She is an Italian so she knows how to cook and I begged her to taught me and to share with her all the secret recipes and ingredients" Zay said with a laugh.
After cleaning the kitchen and washing dishes we went to the living room to watch a movie before going to bed.
Zay selected a random chick flick and we laughed and dubbed it in our version by preparing random lines and mimicking the characters. We had a lot of fun and I laughed so much today which I hadn't done in the past two years.
This moment is giving me hope that everything is gonna be okay and I am gonna be okay and happy. If something happens these two people who have become my real close friends will be gonna there for me. It gives me hope for the future and makes me believe in something good.
It's been weeks since our first day to uni. I am loving it so far. I have been laughing and smiling genuinely no more faking. And the credit goes to my two best friends who have become sisters to me. Zayreen has become a mama bear to lilly and me. Lilliana became a strict but lovely elder sister to me and Zay. Life with them I have never expected to be this. I miss my family too but I am being contented here. I have talked to my parents regularly and face timing too.The main thing I have done is gotten a job in a cafe and I am earning my own money which I am spending on my necessities. The cafe is my second safe place other than my room. I am managing both uni and cafe pretty much well. People here in New York don't have time to judge people and that is the good thing that happened to me.My daily routine is to wake up in the morning breakfast with Lilly and Zay then to university and from there to the cafe. my shift ends at 6 in the evening. by ev
I am dreading this day and it's already noon. I just have 2 to 3 hours left for the party. I don't know why but iam feeling like something is going to happen and these past few days are my best days. I have been living in a shell for the last year but here in New York with lilly and Zay, it feels like there had been nothing bad that happened in the past. I have been miserable for the past year and this one month in New York with lilly and Zay shows me I can be happy again, I can laugh wholeheartedly again. I can survive a a day without a panic attack and I can breathe without feeling like someone is judging me. It took 2 hours to get ready. Zayreen gave me a red dress which comes to my knees and has thin straps on my shoulders and it fits like a glove. She did my hair and makeup which consists of smokey eyes and curls.zay added some volume to my brown hair by curling. My grey eyes are looking alive with smokey color and at last with a Scarlett red lipstick.She is
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It's been two weeks since that night and iam able to forget that something had happened that night. if I would have that old Scarlett I would have been still in that trance crying every night to sleep and the nightmares would have become frequent but no, I am having nightmares just two or three times but every time the dark figures chase me I am being pulled by something precisely someone with brown eyes.Sighing for the nth time I started working on my assignments. I have been doing my assignments for two hours and still didn't reach a certain point.it would have completed one hour before but with all the distractions I am not able to concentrate on it.After trying to concentrate and continue the assignment I gave it up. Without putting your 100% you can't complete anything. I left my room to check up on lilly and zayreen. It's Sunday and after breakfast, I went to my room to finish my project and I don't know what they are up to.&
Two fudging hours? Iam waiting for lilly and Zay for two hours and still there is no sign of them. I have been on my third drink. I don't know how to start a conversation and neither is he starting anything. He has his head in his phone from the past two hours and other than that once in a while he glances my way at the same time I lift my head.It is so hard to sit in front of him not talking anything just stealing glances. Yeah! I don't like to talk much and iam an extrovert but stil
Iam currently sitting in university's library preparing for the test which is going to be on Friday and today is wednesday.i know I have one more day to prepare but iam not the kind of student who wastes one second of their time for their tests and that's what Iam doing currently preparing notes.
I left library after taking important points for my topic for the test and taking some more books on feminism and women empowerment from the library.It's five in the evening when I entered our apartment. I opened the door and met
Omer's pov :Her grey eyes are still haunting me. It's like something is eating her alive. She has the ability to drown anyone in her deep eyes and can burn anyone with her piercing grey eyes. It's been a month since I saw her, when my hyper active match maker sister left us alone in that cafe. When Zay called me and told me to come to that cafe,I immediately know that she is up to something and my guess is correct when I saw Scarlett there with her brown hair and mesmerizing grey eyes. She has that aura around her which makes people forget everything and just get lost in her. She can captivate anyone with her natural and simple personality. I told her that I would have saved anyone in that situation at the party, yes I would have but after that I wouldn't have took that bastard to the police and make sure he cannot leave prison for a long time and I did it for Scarlett because when I saw her struggling and crying that day,I felt something which I never felt before no
6 months laterEpilogue Scarlett’s POV: The large doors of the church opened and i held my breath with anticipation and eagerness to walk down the aisle and see my fiancee and soon-to-be husband. My arm wrapped tightly around my dad’s arm and my heart is beating so fast and my ears are ringing with the way my nerves are dancing inside me. “ Princess, breathe.” Dad chuckled beside me and his warm large hand landed on mine stroking gently and easing my nerves. I gulped my nerves down and took a deep breath trying to calm my crazy nerves.“ Thanks, Dad.” I whispered, iam thanking him for being a good dad and a rock through out my life, supporting me and standing with me in every single phase of my life.He never questioned when I announced my engagement with Omer to my parents. My mom and dad both are happy and on the ninth cloud hearing that iam finally getting the happiness i deserves.“ No, Princess, Thank you for a wonderful and perfect daughter.” He whispered back, tears welled
Omer took my hand and guided me outside. All the way towards his car my heart is beating erratically and I still can't believe that I am going on a date with Omer.Finally! It's our first official date.It's not like we went before but still I am all giddy and excited.Most of my life has been one heck of a crazy and chaos and for the first time after so long I feel normal.“ Where are we going?” I asked, not able to contain my excitement.“ It's a surprise, Rose!” He chuckled at me and helped me inside the car.My breath hitched at the nickname he gave me and always called me. We never get the time to talk about anything but now I have all the time I want in my hands and I'm sure I will get to experience everything. “ Rose! Why do you call me that?” I asked, when he entered the car.With his beautiful chocolate eyes he smiled and took my hand in his warm hand giving me butterflies.“ I don't know why I call you that but I love calling you Rose. Maybe you are as beautiful as Rose! Or
" Thank God! I am finally leaving." I am all ready to go home and i'm giddy thinking about sleeping on my bed and chilling with my friends.I have missed them so damn much and there was chaos before but now I can feel at ease and do whatever I want to do and go anywhere I want to go." Yes! For the nth time Scarlett, come with us." My mom pouts asking me to go back home with them but I want to stay back and enjoy the time with my friends for some time." Mom! I will come back once I get holidays. Please!" I hugged her tightly trying to make her feel at ease. I know they are worried about me but I need to be on my own to feel like I can breathe freely for the first time." Darling! Let her stay and have fun with her friends. We will come back and take her when she is ready." Dad joined our hug and I feel safe and warm inside their arms and I can truly enjoy every moment not question myself if i am worthy of everything i am getting.Maria did a number on me and i'm not going to let her
Omer's Pov: " Is she asleep?" Zayreen asked, getting up from the chair she occupied with Lilly and Elijah. They all look still worried despite the doctor saying that Scarlett is alright and she just needs rest.Physically she is fine but mentally, we don't know how much that crazy girl has damaged Scarlett. The way we found her is a nightmare and I never want to see that again.Maria is in the Asylum as she is not fit in the head to be in a prison but the mental asylum is much more cruel than the prison and I will make sure of that." Yes, she is sleeping and you guys should go home and rest." They have been in the hospital with me since the second I took Scarlett here and she is very lucky to have friends who stays with us in our difficult times too." I will stay with you, Omer. Lilly, you go and take some rest. Once Scar's parents come back, Omer and I will come too." Zayreen is so stubborn and she doesn't want to leave me alone as she knows I need someone with me as I am still in
My eyes opened on their accord not giving me any other option but to brace the light blinding them. It's like my life has been dedicated to the hospital at the amount of time I opened my eyes. I feel like this is my second home." How are you feeling, Scarlett?" A familiar deep voice sounded beside me which sounded relieved and happy to see me open my eyes again and I am grateful too, for the first time in years to open my eyes after the incidents I didn't want to be in." I'm fine, Omer." I knew I would find him beside me no matter what and the fear I felt in the seconds before I passed out was like hell and I was so afraid that I would never see this beautiful man ever again." I'm so happy that you are with me, omer." His eyes softened, raised his hand and patted my head with so much love and adoration shining in his eyes. " I Am happy too that you are with me, Rose. I was so scared that I was going to lose you before doing this." My brows drawn down in confusion at his last words
Omer's Pov: " How Much More Do We Need to Drive, Omer?" Jordan asked from beside me sitting impatiently tapping his leg on the car floor. As much as he is anxious I am anxious too.Fear is gripping my heart so tightly that it feels like it's going to burst any second. I have got the last location of Scarlett's phone and now I just need to be on time to see her there.I don't know what I will do if I don't see her there. We are driving into thick forests and the GPS is showing that we are fifteen minutes away from the destination. I am going to drive those fifteen minutes in five minutes." I just need five more minutes to get there, Jordan. Don't worry we will take Scarlett with us this time." I assured him and myself. I need to be positive right now.We don't know who the stalker is yet but once I get my hands on her then I am going to kill her." I hope she is okay, I don't know what I will do if something….." He didn't let himself finish that sentence in fear that his doubts will
Present " How Can I forget what you did, Maria!" I scoffed at her but she just stood there without any remorse or guilt on her face. How can she be fine after hurting someone to the extent they decided to take their life and always felt self-conscious and suffered from mental health?" I did everything to gain your attention, Scarlett! I was suffocating with being only your friend and I want more from you but you never looked at me like that." Tears gathered in her eyes and she looked so broken but now I can easily predict when she is going to change. She is behaving like someone who has a switch in her head that is turning off and on every second." Maria! I'm so sorry that you felt suffocated and I never noticed your feelings towards me but if I would have known then still wouldn't have reciprocated your feelings." I respect her feelings and I would have supported her and helped her but she didn't approach me but rather walked a negative path, a path of destruction." I know that bu
Continuation of the last chapterIt's been one week since I bolted from the cafeteria not giving any reply to Noah and one week since with our Maria's bullying. It seems like the silence before a storm. I never thought that Maria would go to this extent to bully me, hurt me, and made me miserable.I don't know she did it intentionally to hurt me or it's just a coincidence but seeing her smirk with a smug face screamed she did it to hurt me and this not only hurt me but broke me into pieces.It was the day of prom when I and Maria were still friends we planned to come together without any dates. We planned our prom shipping till the time we get ready at my house because it is close to the school. We choose our dress colors too, Maria chose the red color and I chose wine color but we didn't choose the model of the dress and waited to decide once we find anything on the internet but Maria had plans which involved bullying and treating people.I still chose wine color for my dress and I c
I remember everything that has happened and I can’t forget anything from the time where I have spent more bad moments than good ones. Good memories are easy to forget but the bad memories will haunt you forever and they will stay with you till the day you die, maybe still haunts you after your death too. Who knows!Meeting Maria was a good thing or a bad thing. I never thought about it at first but as the days went by I got, even more, confused about it. She is this girl who is so calm and lovely at one minute and the second minute she will become this moody and bitchy girl who likes to bully people. I have never liked this side of Maria and have always tried to change her habit of getting happiness from others humiliation but I never thought in my life that I would be the victim of Maria’s weird obsession with bullying people and humiliating them. “If you don’t want to get humiliated or embarrassed in front of everyone then stop talking to other people and replacing me with them”. T