"Why does my own school feel so unfamiliar?"There were a lot of things that had changed which fascinated Ivan. As he walked down the used to be familiar path that led to his school, he noticed a few things like some new shops and buildings. He stopped and stared at the building that was once a café that served one of the best coffee. It was now a bookstore and nothing more. He wondered if it was owned by the same person or if a different person entirely had bought the building. He continued down the path and decided to take the usual shorter route he used when he felt like being alone with his thoughts. The place was usually quite dark and silent. The peace and quiet the place provided was never seen in another route. The lights were always flickering or never working at all. As he stepped his feet into the beginning of the route, he couldn't believe what his eyes met with. The once dark and quiet alley was now a small neighborhood. The whole place must have been renovated. Th
The café had a lot of new details to it that brought a sense of unfamiliarity to Ivan. Like the changed set of tables and chairs, the new wallpapers and paints, and the complete change in the alignment of things there.The only thing that made him realize it was still the same café was the familiar faces that took their orders. Tara couldn't look Ivan in the eyes for some reason, she kept staring right past him at the glass and outside at the passerby's that walked past the café. The dark liquid had a mesmerizing aroma that caressed Ivan's nose as he raised the cup to his lips to take a sip. Ivan always liked his coffee dark, not like he didn't enjoy it some other way, he had a strong likeness for every kind of coffee. But his love for tea was incomparable to that of coffee. He took a sip and returned the cup to the table and waited patiently and silently for about five seconds before his patience ran out. "I have been waiting for about five seconds now and I don't really have t
The wheels of the stretcher made screeching noises as it was being pushed across the hall with an elderly man lying on top of it. He was covered in blood and multiple groans of pain escaped his mouth as he laid there and was being pushed by a few nurses. There were several others like him. Little children, young men and women and elderly citizens like him. Just a few minutes ago, a fatal accident had taken place on the main road where the driver lost control of his brakes and ended up colliding with a smaller car with great impact. A few people were unconscious, probably dead, while others were awake with several broken bones and internal bleedings."Doctor Vienna! Please hurry! We have to take most of them into the operating room immediately!" A young man in a white coat exclaimed as he rushed down the hall. He ran his hand through his hair as a sigh escaped his mouth. He was frightened by the amount of injured people and emergency patients in just that one day. "Yes sir! Pleas
Standing at the entrance of her home, there was a look of uncertainty on Vienna's face as she gave Ivan a once over with her hand firmly gripping the handle of the door. Taking her hand off the knob, she dipped them in her pocket to fetch her keys then put it in the keyhole and began jiggling it. After a few jiggles, she stopped. Scanning the dark and silent area with his eyes, Ivan waited patiently for her to open up the door. Noticing her every hesitant behavior, he had decided not to rush her with the thought that she was probably still feeling tipsy. After waiting for a while, he decided to ask her instead of making assumptions. "V, are you too drunk to open the door? Should I help you?" "Huh?" Her green eyes glared at him. "Me? Drunk? No I'm not, I can handle my alcohol pretty well." She responded with an awkward smile. "Well you seem to be having trouble opening the door for a while now so I'm just gonna help you open it instead of waiting." A smile rested on his face as
Tension filled the air and Vienna felt hypnotized by Ivan's words. Just looking into his eyes alone had begun to drive her crazy but she wasn't going to stop there, no, at least not that night. One slow step after the other, Ivan walked towards her with his hand still holding hers so firmly but yet very tenderly. She just stood there and watched his every move, his every step towards her. A voice began talking to her in her head, trying to reason with her. ["You can't give in to him after he rejected you like that! That would make him find you so cheap! Plus you already messed up NY trying to kiss him first!" The voice scolded. "I need this. I need him. I need to feel him to feel me." She responded. "You can't let him have you! Be reasonable! Think! You are not going to do this! Do you hear me?!" The voice in her head yelled louder and louder. ]"I'm not going to do anything you don't want me to, the choice is yours on what you want to do with me." Ivan's voice caused the voic
The weather was so lovely that morning as Ivan strolled back to school. Maybe it was because of the wonderful night he had with Vienna or probably how blue and cool the sky was. The calming breeze engulfed him and just like a Disney princess being transformed by magic, made him feel like a new man. The sun had a bright orange effect to the sky and the white clouds --which were very scanty and hardly visible-- moved in a soothing rhythm. Nothing else could make a young man's day other than that or rather, a young man as Ivan. Just a few hours ago, he was stuck with a particular feeling that resurfaced over and over and over again that he would find it very hard to fit in with the new and unfamiliar changes of the world but he was already finding the weather soothing which was a good thing that took his mind off that thought. Sneaking back into his dorm was no hard task but giving an explanation to his new supposedly best friend and roommate seemed like a battle of survival. "D
A butterfly flapped its wings so majestically as it fluttered across the wide open field. Green grass that emitted a satisfying fragrance to the environment covered every single part of the open field and a few flowers had sprung up from the ground. There was nothing that made an environment more beautiful than tall trees with healthy leaves. Plus, it doubled the flow of oxygen there so people would immediately feel at ease once they walked in there. From the beautiful trees and its green leaves to the perfectly trimmed green soft grasses, the beautiful birds who had made a home for themselves in the trees which they shared with a few squirrels to the majestic butterflies that fluttered so freely across the wide open space.There was nothing more that brought peace to Charlie than the lovers garden. Sure, he never actually went with a lover but he always went there to escape from the reality of his life into the harmless nature that embraced him wholeheartedly.As the sun shone vig
The house was silent...Mia had spent the whole day packing up a few of her things with the help of China while Berlin waited patiently in the living room.The day had gone by rather quickly than they had imagined it to and the sun was starting to set. Normally, it wouldn't take a person that long to pack up just a few clothes and personal things but Mia had purposely been stalling.Her conscience ate at her from the inside like a wild vicious beast that had been left to starve for a very long time, only to meet with a helpless prey at its weakest and most desperate time. She didn't want to leave but also, she wanted to. Why did Berlin have to be so impatient about appeasing his dead wife? She wasn't in a hurry to settle down anyway so why the rush?"I know what you are thinking and don't you even dare! You have kept him waiting all morning." China said.She was sitting next to Mia's trunk that was placed on the bed. It was the only thing in the middle of them, keeping them only a f