The room was dark ,not just dark completely suffocating .
There was no proper light only a thin line sleeping in from the bottom of the door. The air filled heavy dusty almost impossible to breathe.
Disha set on the cold floor her back press tightly against the rough wall. Her hands were tied behind her. The Rope cutting into her skin every time she tried to move even a little.
Her mouth was stuffed with a piece of cloth .She couldn't speak, she couldn't scream ,she couldn't even breathe properly . Her chest just move up and down quickly , panic rising with every second . She didn't know how long she had been there.
Maybe 2 hours.
Maybe 3.
Maybe more.
Time had stopped for her.
But her tears hadn't.
They kept falling silently one after another ,sliding down her cheeks dropping onto the dirty floor beneath her . Her eyes were swollen. Her face was pale. Her body felt weak.
She tried to move her hands again.
The rope tightened.
Pain shot through her wrists.
A muffled sound escaped from her mouth, but it was useless.
No one could hear her.
No one was coming.
Her breathing became uneven.
Her heart was racing fast, too fast.
Why is this happening...?
The question repeated in her mind again and again.
But there was no answer.
Only silence.
Only darkness .
Only fear.
Suddenly, creaak.....
The door opened.
A sharp line of light entered the room,making her eyes hurt instantly.
She blinked again and again, trying to adjust,
Footsteps followed.
More than one.
Two.
Three.
No.. more.
A group of girls walked inside. Their shadow stretch across the floor reaching her before they did and then laughter ,loud, mocking, cruel ,
well look at her where is all that attitude.
Now I thought she was something different.
There voices were filled with sarcasm .
Disha's body stiffened.
Her eyes were filled with fear . She tried to shake her head, try to say something, but only broken sound come out.
The clothes in her mouth didn't let her speak she look at them hoping...begging...silently but they didn't care not even a little.
One of the girls stepped closer ,she bent down slightly looking straight into Dishes's eyes .So quite now,huh? Another one laughed behind her ,
Was not she the one acting all innocent ?
Innocent please she just pretends, There words hit her harder than anything else.
Disha's eyes filled with fresh tears.
She tried to move back, but the wall stopped her.
There was nowhere to go.
Nowhere to escape.
Before she could even understand,
THUD...
A strong force hit her head.
Everything went black for a second.
A loud ringing sound filled her ears.
Her vision blurred instantly.
Her body lost balance.
She fell to the ground, her shoulder hitting the floor first, then her head.
Pain spread through her entire body.
The world around her started spinning.
The laughter of the girls echoed faintly.
Then slowly...
It started fading.
The voices became distant
The light dimmed. Everything felt far away.
Tooo far
Her eyes slowly started closing.
But her tears were still there.
One more tear gathered at the corner of her eyes.
It slipped down slowly.
And as it fell everything changed .
Memories one after another, like flashes like pieces of her life
A small house, simple,Quite ,cold, A newborn baby crying ,but no one looked happy
No one smile
No one celebrated
she is a girl
A disappointed voice
silence filled the room.
Unwanted from the very beginning. Then warm hands, soft voice ,her mother the only person who held her close. The only person smile at her, only person who said it okay.. I am here those arms protected her ,
from words
from cold looks
Everything here passed like this, Disha grow up quietly ,she didn't demanded anything, she didn't complain ,she didn't expect love ,
Because she already know there was none except from her mother,
Then that day
The worst day the day everything ended.
her mother lying still not moving, not speaking, not opening her eyes,
Mom.... her voice shaking.
No response.
so shook her hand again.
Mom.. please..
nothing only silence.
15 that was her age ,when she lost everything after that ,
There was no one.
No protection.
No love.
only people.
only words.
only pain.
Days turned into year ,Disha stop crying in front of others. She stop speaking much ,She learn to stay quite ,to stay invisible, to survive she studied ,
Worked hard ,ignore everything. Because she had only one goal.. to leave , to go somewhere far, to start again.
Then the result day her hands trembling as she checked ,and their it was her name ,selected, admission confirmed, a big University her chance escape.
For the first time she smile small but real .
The next morning.
The University Gate, beautiful, different.
disha stand outside, holding her bag tightly.
Her heart was beating fast,
fear, excitement, nervousness ,everything mixed together .
She look up ,"so this is it" she wispered softly.
Taking up a deep breath.she steped inside.
It felt like a different world.
Bright ,colourful, alives ,
Students everywhere.
Talking ,laughing, running, living.
Her eyes filled with wonder. She had never seen something like this before. She moved forward slowly, carefully trying to understand everything,
try not to get lost and then she stop.
Three boys were coming towards her confident.
all stylish.
like they own everything around them.
Behind them a group of girl.
Following them laughing ,watching them, whispering
Disha froze.
She didn't move, not because she wanted to block their way but because she didn't know what to do. Everything was too much, to fast,
"Move" a cold voice.
Sharp.
Clear
She didn't react, she was still confuse still lost.
Before she could understand. A hand
push her aside, hard she stumble slightly
"Get out of the way, you silly girl."
His voice wa filled with irritation.
A pen in his hand touched her forehead lightly as he moved past.
Just for a second.
The gone
They walked ahead.
Without caring.
Disha stood there.still..
Frozen.
Her mind blank.
"What... just happened..?"
She whispered slowly.
Her fingers moved to her forehead, touching the spot where the pen had touched.
A strange feeling.
Not pain.
But something else.
She shocked her ahead at them.
Then looked down.
And in that moment..
She decided something.
"I will stay away from people like them."
No matter what .
Back in the dark room..
Her body lay weak on the floor.
Her breathing slow.
Another tear slipped from her eyes.
Falling silently.
Everything faded. Into dark..