Forgotten

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Starts September 2006

I go back to college. I throw myself into my college work. I start trying to get my life together again. I think about my dream job, and all the kids. I am amazing with children so I wanted a job that had to do with children. Slowly, as I get more involved in my studies, I start to forget Nate. 

Well, not forget, but at least I stop hurting whenever I think about him now. I’ve come to terms with the fact that he loves her. I figure, if he’s happy, than that’s good. 

Sometimes though, I just wish she would talk to me again, or try to contact me. My dad has my number.

I start to improve, not only in work but, my personality along with my outlook on life. I almost completely turn back to my happy-go-luck self. Except now, I’m sure I am a lot stronger than I was before. 

By dressing more like a girl, people start to notice me, and respect me. I start to gain more confidence again.

I make friends, who are my friends, not Nate’s friends. They like me for me, and not because I’m friends with almost the whole football team. Obviously, while making friends, I also make a few enemies. After my last year at high school, I am strong enough not to take their crap.

As time goes on, I get myself a job assisting a teacher at a close-by private school. The teacher there was quite old herself to handle all the children. I get a good reputation in that school as a teacher, and am promised the position as soon as I am qualified.

I move on, and I start to date again. I am careful not to get attached too fast. 

Jake Nash is my rock. He helped me get over Nate. We started as friends. He was my shoulder to cry on. 

Jake changed my life for the better. He is a pretty average guy, kind-of cliché and has a very bad imagination, and can get a bit violent at times but all-in-all he’s good for me. 

I took four years to get my dream job, but I did it. I graduated with an amazing amount of credits. I’m a kindergarten teacher, and I took the job I was promised. 

It paid a lot more than I need for myself, and for that, I was glad. Jake used to deliver parcels for a company since he dropped out of university, but he recently lost his job. He spends his savings on alcohol these days.

I forced my father to get a permanent job that paid enough for just him so he didn’t have to continue traveling, because I knew he hated having to travel for work. After a few years, he moved closer to where I lived, leaving behind the town he loved.

I’d thought about visiting my hometown a lot, but I only went when I missed my mother. I would just sit there by her grave for a day and talk to her, and then come back without meeting anyone.

My first year teaching was amazing. I enjoyed it so much, and was sure this was the career for me. I love the students I got to teach on my first year. I hope the coming will be just as amazing. My life is nice and quiet. It is just the way I’d hoped it would be. 

Little did I know; this was just the silence, before the storm!

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-grey