Childhood
No one's POV
You never knew what's behind the current mental health situations of Eliza. Let's see what she went through.
Eliza was staring at a crumpled photo of her mom and dad with her. Their smiling faces made her cry evenmore.She quickly wiped her tears startled by her mom's voice. She faked a smile in her face. "Time to go school" her mom said. "Can you please pick me up today after school?" Eliza asked."No, Ethan want to play at the park" she said making Eliza's heart shattered. But she managed to keep her smile but little Eliza's pain was evident in her eyes. "Can i come too, mama? I wanna play too" she pleaded. "No, we don't wanna let others know that we got a ugly kid like you" her mom shouted. "Fine mom" she said. Her mom didn't even care about her feeling. Eliza slowly walked towards her mirror and touched her face. "Am i too ugly?" Her lips were trembling. "Is it eyes? Nose? My teeth? What is it?.... Maybe it's my hair." She wasn't ugly at all. But all kids in her school called her ugly because she studies too well and she was too innocent."Mom is right? Everyone call me that. ". Eliza wiped her tears and smiled again. She walked to her school. With her heavy bag she couldn't even walk. Why did they let a 12 year old walk alone to school? Her legs hurt too much that made her sit on a rock for sometime. She reached school.
Claire was chatting with his friends at the playground. He ran towards her with his bag in his hand. She smiled at him. He was the only friend he had. He was nice to her while everyone bullied her. He gave his heavy bag to her and said "Eliza, please bring this to class."He forced her to do that and ran back to his friends. Her face fell.She carried his bag and had a hard time climbing the stairs.
"Claire be honest aren't you using her?"Claire's friend asked. Claire smirked "yeah of course, she is such a donkey to carry the loads. I eat her lunch, i make her write my notes even my homework.She even shares a part of her pocket money. Do you know?she only have a little money" Claire said sarcastically. "How did you do this bro? You are lucky" his friend said. "It's easy. Just say you're sad. She will listen to your problems. It's easy to manipulate her."Claire insulted her again and again. It is not the first time he insults her. When someone bullies her he laughs with them too. He even said 'you're too ugly to play with me'. He always hurts but she was fooled by him everytime. Even Eliza don't know that Claire is also a reason for her trauma till now.
She reaches her class and fells down right after she put down the bags.She sat on her chair and massaged her legs and arms. After a few time Claire came and said "Eliza do you have some money. I wanna try a new snack " he said with a smile. Eliza nodded and gave him her last money. "Can you please get me one too?" She asked. Claire expression changed and he whispered in his mind 'you don't even worth it' and told her "No they are limited. I can only get one". She ran off from the classroom. "Why am i hurting too much when someone tell me no?"she asked herself. The bell rang and everyone walked in.
"Your test results came" the teacher announced "As always Eliza is first". No one even clapped. Eliza didn't even smile but she bowed her head. Because once the school bully said if she comes class first again she have to clean his foot at the same time her mother said she will be out of their home if her rank drops. Everyone started laughing even Claire who Eliza thought he is her bestfriend. She cried infront of everyone."Good luck on cleaning Dylan's foot, Eliza."someone shouted from the back. Making everyone's laughter grew louder even the teacher tried to stop them. "He is absent today "Claire whispered to her and laughed. She still thinks he is a good friend. Can't imagine she was too dumb.She wiped her tears and ran out of the classroom. She cried alone ... A guard saw her crying and noticed she was alone. His lips twitched into a smirk. He walked towards her pretenting to be kind.
At the class Claire was forced by the teacher to comfort Eliza because the teacher thought he is her bestfriend. He wandered and decided to go back to class and say she leave alone. But saw her and the guard.
The guard was touching her inappropriately Claire took his phone and clicked some pictures of them. Eliza pushed guard and ran away."you will come to me kid.." The guard shouted and buckled the buttons of his shirt. Thinking Claire have good intensions with the photos? You're wrong.
Eliza went to the toilet and vomited. She had difficulty in breathing. She cried evenmore.
Eliza washed her face over and over.
The next day of school. Everyone's face was glued with a disgusting expressed when they saw her. She saw a crowd infront of the notice board. She peeked to see what's there. She stood froze when she saw what's sticked in it.
The photos that Claire clicked with a caption 'Eliza on the mission of seducing guards'. That made her dizzy but in time her senior walked in and she was taken aback by his sudden appearance she bowed infront of him. She have a hard time in breathing. Dylan knelted before her in one knee. She looked him in surprise. She looked around. "Do you want to clean you foot here?" She asked with her little sobs. "No. I don't want it anymore."he said making everyone surprise."Tell me what happened" he said softly.She looked at him thinking he might be pranking. "I swear i didn't do anything. These are lies. I didn't do anything" she cried and kept saying the same thing. Dylan tried to calm her down