Stick With Me

"Wake up..you dummy!" My Mom shouted smacking my legs.

"Ahh..is it morning already? I want to get more sleep" I yawned reaching out to my phone.

"Whatever, help me out let's pack this bags before the driver comes" My Mum sighed.

"Are we moving out already? I mean again?" I asked my Mum.

"Aren't you tired of getting bullied by your peers"? My Mum asked packing my clothes into a bag.

I can still remember, the day I entered the class for the first time. I made my school uniform look very outstanding.

"We have a new student" The teacher announced to the class.

"Come In" She bellowed to me.

I entered the class. Everyone was silent.

"Introduce yourself" The teacher said to me.

"Hi everyone, My name is Mia" I said to the class.

The look on their face was very awkward.

"Mia? what kind of name is that?" The kids asked laughing loudly. I felt uncomfortable. I rumpled my skirts with my hands.

One of the students, was not laughing. She was looking through the window. I sat beside her.

"Hi am Mia" I introduced myself.

"Hi my name is Alison" She said giving me a handshake. She smiled at me earnestly.

During break time, I went to the cafeteria. I was the only dark skinned girl in the school. I went to the table to eat but they kept chasing me out of the chairs.

"Mia!" Alison called me.

I sat on the same seat with her. We talked a little. Alison is actually an introvert. She's popular on social media but in school, she doesn't associate with people alot.

Alison and I became great friends but it didn't last long.

"Dark skin Mia, Dark Skin Mia!"

The kids started calling me.

I've been living in hell since we moved into the town. I thought since my Mum is white, the racism will reduced but it didn't. The kids made fun of my skin colour.

"Go back to where you came from, you Nigga!" That one hurts.

I always sat in the sports room crying.

"I didn't make my skin dark, why are they treating me this way" I always cried out.

I had to stand against the way they treated me, I can't let people turn me into a puppet. They love sending me on errands alot, even when I refused, they made me to be submissive to them.

"If you go to the canteen, we'll make sure no one bullies you" A girl said to me.

"You even know that you're a bully!" I shouted at the girl as I stood up and hitting my book on the desk.

"Wow...you've grown alot" She said patting my head. I knew the girl was trying to cause a fight.

I ran away from the class immediately.

Soon, Alison became the school Model. She doesn't talk to me again, she associated with the popular girls in the school, I felt broken.

"Are you thirsty?" She asked me after our sports activities in the morning.

"Do you want to give the water to me?" I asked her.

She gave the water to me. I gulped down the water very fast.

"Thank you" I said to her giving her back her water bottle. She kept standing beside me. I stood up to leave. She grabbed my hands.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" Alison asked.

"Okay then" I replied to her.

"So...what do you Want to say to me" I asked Her.

"How have you been doing"? She asked me.

"Looks like Karma is striking back at you" I sneered.

"I know we ain't friends again but I feel very sorry" She begged.

"You think I'll trust you"? I asked her. "I've forgotten about the incident..okay. I hope you live a happy life. Besides, you have about hundred and twenty seven thousand (127k) followers on Instagram. You make sure that everyone loves everything you do. But, you betrayed you own friend, just in the name of popularity." I yelled at her.

"Have you forgiven me?"Alison asked me.

"You think I forgive easily? I know you're just pretending. Why will I" I sighed running down the stairs.

"We have new students in our class today" The Teacher announced.

"Please come in" She said to the new students. Four students entered the class, Two boys and Two girls.

"Woahh...!" I shouted in disbelief.

It was the happiest day of my life. One of the girls, and boys are dark skinned.

"Introduce yourselves please" The Teacher said to them.

"Hi, Nice to meet you. My name is Alisha. I hope we could be friends" The dark girl introduced.

She sat behind me. She waved at me smiling.

"My name is Ruby. Nice to meet you" The white girl said. She smiled at me. That was the moment we became friends.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Jamie" The dark guy smiled. He's so cute.. I love his curly hairs" The girls in the class said. "Is it because he's a boy or what? I have curly hairs too" I said smirking.

"Hi my name is Leo. Nice to meet you" The white guy introduced himself. I felt my heart hurt. My heart beat increased. "What's wrong with me? This is not normal" I said to myself. He looked very cheerful. He has a brown eyes that shone brightly. He loves touching he's hair alot. The girls in the class couldn't stop talking about him. "He's so hot"! They continued saying.

"So sad, only one seat left, you'll have to seat beside Mia" The teacher said to Leo.

"Okay" he replied to her.

"Why beside me"? I asked in my mind. I felt uncomfortable. This is my first time of falling in love. "No...this is infatuation" I said to myself. "How can I love someone I just saw this moment" ? I asked myself. Leo sat beside me.

"Hey!" he said to me. I felt nervous.

"hi" I replied to him.

After Lessons, the teacher left the class.

"Can I get your contact?" Leo asked me as he gave me his phone.

"You mean my number"? I pointed at myself.

"...or are you asking the girl beside me"? I asked him pointing at Alison.

"You're Mia right?" Leo asked me.

"Yes!" I replied. I collected his phone from him and typed my number in it.

"Thank you. Mia" he said to me smiling.

"Now..." Jamie said putting his hands on Leo's shoulder and mine.

"... Let's go to the cafeteria together!" Jamie exclaimed happily.

I, Jamie, Ruby, Leo and Alisha became very close friends. It's my first time of having friends since I moved into the town. We talked alot about ourselves.

"Do you want to play basketball with me?" Leo asked me.

" Yes!"I replied to him.

"Let's go then" he said to me.

"I don't know how to play it" I groaned. he held my hands. I cringed. He helped me.

"I won!"I shouted immediately I scored for the first time.

"I allowed you to do so" Leo said to me.

"Whatever" I blurted smiling.

"You look very pretty when you smile" blurted.

"Do you love me that much?" I asked him laughing. I knew he was joking. He loves saying alot of cringy things.

Alison hated me more now. her behavior changed entirely, immediately she realized that Leo and I are close friends. Alison entered the sports room. I looked at her but couldn't say anything to her. She came straight to my face and slapped me.

"Have you gone nuts?"!Leo asked her.

"Yes. I am! I've gone nuts for you!" Alison shouted.

"Mia keeps getting in my way. Am more pretty than her. Leo please notice me!" Alison begged Leo.

"Are you a psycho"?! Leo asked her.

"Yes. I am!" Alison shouted.

I made an attempt to stand up, Alison tried to push me but ended up pushing Leo. Leo fell to the ground and fainted. That was a very unfortunate day for me.

Since then, Leo hasn't come back to the school. I cried alot because he lost his phone. I went to his house several times to see him. Just to find out that he has relocated to another town. I almost committed suicide. I kept blaming myself for what happened that day. But I'll have to move on with my life without him..ಥ_ಥ

The Night Before

"Are you really leaving?"Alisha asked me.

"Yes. I have no other choice..I mean everyone is blaming me for Leo's leave" I replied.

"Will you be really okay?" Jamie asked me.

"Yeah" I replied. Ruby couldn't help but cry.

"Mia..Am really going to miss you so much" Ruby said to me as tears gushed down her eyes.

They all hugged me including Jamie.

"Do you know where you guys will be going tomorrow?" Jamie asked.

"I don't know. Mum refused to tell me" I replied.

"I wish we could sleep over" Alisha said.

"Nevermind" I said to them. "I gotta get going" I said to them.

"Bye...Mia" Jamie said to me. I waved at them.

I walked down the road leading to my house.

"Satisfied?" I heard a voice ask me from my back. I looked around to see who it was. Alison and her Friends or gangs. I looked at her. I didn't say anything to them.

"Leo is gone now. You're satisfied now right? You're going after completing your mission right?" Alison asked me.

"How can you say that to me? We've been friends for the past five years..yet you betrayed me" I retorted.

"Whatever. You're the worst mistake in my life. Yes I was at fault when that happened...so what now. So sad...I can't make up for it okay?" Alison said whispered in my ears.

She's getting on my nerves now

"Same...I can't also make up for Leo. Am not the fault he left. You probably wanted to hurt me but ended up hurting someone you loved"! I shouted at her.

"Someone you loved?" Alison asked me. I looked at her.

"You keep talking like you don't like Leo!" Alison yelled.

She slapped me at the same time. Alison actually has a hot temper. I kept my hand on my cheeks. My face turned red.

"I know am not as pretty as you...but am a human being too" I cried out.

"Who cares if you're a human being. You don't belong here!"She shouted at the top of her voice.

"I mean Leo isn't your type"! She said to me.

"He is"! I shouted back at her.

"You think he won't blame you for what happened to him?"Alison asked me.

"If you continue this, I'll go tell the media that you're a bully! Trying to act innocent. You're just an opportunist. If not because of me, you wouldn't have gotten to this opportunity!" I shouted at her.

"What else can you do?" She asked me.

"Am gonna make you regret ever coming to this town! You're leaving?" She asked me. I kept silent.

"You can't leave like that" She said to me. She walked towards me. I kept moving back.

"Girls. hit her"!! Alison shouted.

They pushed me to the ground.

Alisha was watching from behind and was making a video of it. The girls stepped on me. I was beaten up with sticks. They kept hitting me. I couldn't help but cry. Alison watched them beat me up. Tears gushed down from my eyes. There was many bruises on my face.

"Girls it's okay!" Alison said to them.

Alison held me on the collar of my shirt.

"So sad!...you don't know me well. Am more than what you think of me. Okay? When you leave this town...I guess some of these bruises won't be gone and they might leave a scar. Use that to remember me okay"? Alison said to me and ran away with the girls.

"Truly she was more than what I thought of her" I muttered. "Mum..Dad..What have I done to deserve all this?" I asked myself.

Alisha left immediately after making a video of the whole incident. I couldn't stand up either. I tried to lift myself up but fell back down. I tried again, I held a box and stood up from the ground. I walked like a ghost. I don't even know the direction I was heading to. I found myself at the top of a huge building. I looked down from there.

"Life is so useless!" I muttered.

My Mum didn't care to know about my personal life she concentrated on my elder siblings.

I looked at a billboard ad. "Hans commits suicide" I read out.

"Even celebrities commit suicide. Who am I not to do so?" I asked myself.

I claimed at the edge of the building. I was about to let go of myself. Someone grabbed me from the back. I became afraid.

"Do you think commiting suicide is the only way to solve your problem?" The boy who held me from falling asked me. I couldn't see his face clearly.

"Yes it is! Am tired of the world and every single thing living in it!" I shouted. He looked at me fiercely.

"So what"?..Does death solve it"? He asked me. I kept silent.

"I don't know what you're going through but have you tried to fix it. Have you tried for a way to solve it before giving up"? He asked me.

At this moment, I kept quiet.

He looked at my face. I looked at him in the eye. I felt sick, my head hurt. I placed my hand on my head. I fainted afterwards.

I woke up in an infirmary. I looked beside me, I didn't see anyone.

The boy went to the doctor. "Looks like she was beaten severely, But she will be okay soon" The female Doctor said to him.

" I used your phone to call your Mum. They'll be here soon. Am not usually this nice to people. I hope I don't see you again" He said to me.

"Can I get your name. I'll like to repay your kindness" I said to him. He looked at me in the eye but didn't say anything. He covered his head with his hoodie ad left the infirmary.

"He's actually scary" I said in my mind.

"Mia...Are you okay?" My Mum asked me immediately she entered the infirmary. My little sister Mariah cried more immediately she saw me. I looked very different from my siblings. Am the only one with a light dark skin.

My Mum went to pay for the treatment.

"A boy who brought her here, payed for her bills" The doctor said to my Mum.

"He payed the bill?" I asked my Mum.

"Yes. Do you know the person?" My Mum asked me.

"No I don't" I replied.

"The doctor said you could leave now. Let's go home. I called a taxi. Tommorow is a busy day for us. We're finally leaving this town. You won't have to cry anymore" My Mum said to me.

"I'll miss my friends" Maria muttered.

"Don't worry" I said to her.

"You can contact them through messages" I said to her.

"Mum won't let me use the computer" She replied.

"I'll give you my phone" I said In her ears.

"Let's go" I said to my Mum.

"Am finally leaving the pains behind" I said in my Mind.

"The car is here. Get in..Get in!" My Mum shouted.

"Okay" My siblings and I responded entering the car.

"Wait...Wait"! We heard a voice from behind.

"It's Mia's friends" Maria blurted.

"Me...?!"I asked her coming down from the car.

"Mia..Mia!" Ruby and Jamie exclaimed. Running as fast as they could.

Alisha was among them but she looked forced.

"Ruby...Jamie...Alisha!!" I called out to them.

"Mia... you're really leaving us now?" Ruby asked. She couldn't control the tears running down her cheeks.

Ruby and Jamie hugged me.

"Alisha" I called out to her.

She was behaving weirdly, unlike her usual self.

"Bye..Mia. Am gonna miss you" Alisha cried out.

"Am gonna miss you too" I replied hugging her tightly.

"Bye!"I said waving at them.

Alisha gave a teddy to Maria and I. "Thank you" Maria said hugging her.

My elder sister Monica checked the time.

"It's 10:00 am. Let's leave" She said to us. "Must you always be this fussy?" I smirked.

"Safe journey" Ruby, Jamie and Alisha said to us.

We entered the car and zoomed off.

"She's really gone?"

Ruby asked Joe and Alisha as she broke down in tears.

"Yeah. She's gone"

Jamie replied patting Ruby at the back.

"I guess Alison would be the happiest human now" Jamie sighed.

"I hope the new town accepts us. I hope I can make good and nice friends" I prayed on our way.

"I hope too" My little sister Mariah added.

"Why will you hope... I mean you're not like her" Monica huffed.

I gave her a deadly look.

"It's alright" Jason my elder brother convinced me.

I covered my face with a mask.

"Why are you covering your face?" Monica asked me.

"None of your business!" I cooed.

"Why are you wearing that?" Maria asked.

" I don't want people to look at me weirdly" I replied fitting the mask on my face.

Maria shaked her head in disapproval.

"You could have bought an original one. The breeze will soon blow it away from your face" My Mum said to me.

Monica, Jason and Maria laughed loudly.

"Then give me some money" I whispered in her ears.

She pushed me away immediately.

Immediately we entered the town, the breeze blew away my mask. It covered a guy's face.

"Oops!" I said looking at him. It covered his face entirely.

"Miaa..!" Jason called me. I looked at him.

"Can you stop making troubles?" Jason huffed.

I nodded my head in approval.

"Who's this?" The guy removed the mask from his face.

"This smells like the perfume of the girl I helped last night" He said removing the mask from his face.

"You love causing troubles" Jason said to me.

"It wasn't intentional... you're always fussy" I said to Jason hitting his back.

The weather was too nice, I slept off.

"We're home!" My exclaimed with joy.

"Finally, we arrived" Maria said rejoicing.

"The house looks beautiful thou" Monica said observing the building.

"Looks like we'll have alot of neighbors here" Jason said as he came down.

"Wake up!!" Jason said hitting me on my head.

"Don't you know your hands are painful?! I asked him with a scornful look.

He hissed.

I came down from the car with my bags on my hands. My Mum was greeting the neighbors.

"Is that your second daughter?" One of the women asked her.

"Yes" My Mum replied to them. I looked at the women.

"She looks different... Does she have the Same Father with the other siblings?" One of the women asked her.

The other women made sign for her to shut up.

"Don't mind her. She too straight forward" One of the women said to my Mum trying to cover up for the woman.

I looked at them. It was a kind of an eye contact. I looked the women without blinking.

"She looks fierce"! Another woman said.

I entered the house with my bags.

"Mia we'll be sharing the same room" Monica said to me.

I felt devastated. I hate my sister Monica alot.

"Why will I be sharing the same room with this witch?" I asked myself.

I entered the room and threw my bags on the bed.

"I don't even want to share a room with you. I mean, go look for your Dad. we're not siblings!" She shouted at me.

I hate my sister and she hates me too. But, when we're in front of my Mum we act nice. At times, I ask myself if she is really my sister. She's too cold to even be a human being. I can say she doesn't have feelings.

Soon, we finished unpacking our belongings.

"Everyone come to the dining table" My Mum said to us.

"What are we eating"? Maria asked my Mum.

"We're eating anything you see on this table, drop that phone right now" My Mum replied to her.

I changed my clothe into baggy trousers and a big black hoodie, My favorite outfit. Monica looked at me and sneered. I looked at her in disgust.

"Ramen?" I asked my Mum as I sat on the seat. Jason tasted it.

"It tastes very delicious" Jason said.

We all tasted the Ramen for the first time.

"It's good. Looks like we are gonna eat more of it now"Monica said eating the Ramen very fast.

"Must you put all of them into your mouth that way?" I asked her.

"Don't you watch Chinese and Korean dramas? That's the way it should be eaten" Maria said to me.

"Don't mind her, she is not okay. She's just making a fuss...okay?" Monica said to Maria stroking her hair.

"Am done!" I dropped my chopstick on the table and entered my room.

I hate my sister alot. She loves making me look inferior. She is the worst creature I've seen in my life not even Alison. I sat at the back of the door. I bent my head and started crying again. She was my sister but she doesn't like acting like one. I'm a burden to her. She got bullied in high school because of me and that made her not to have any friend. She blame for any little thing that happens in her life.

Someone knocked on the door. I stood up and opened the door.

"Do you want to go and visit your new school?" My Mum asked me.

"I'll love too" I replied to her.

"Why are you crying?" My Mum asked me. She brought me closer to her. She stroked her hands on my hair.

"Don't mind the women earlier, they didn't mean it that way. Don't make it look like they are racist. The lady earlier was just being to straight forward okay?" My Mum said to me.

I nodded my head but she didn't know that wasn't my problem. I've received a lot of that. So it's nothing new to me.

People love asking me if I had the same father with my siblings. Although, I haven't seen my Dad since I was born and none of us had mustered the courage to ask our Mum who our Dad really is.

"Did your Mum just get pregnant for you that way?" People always asked me.

If there's anyone that knows about our Dad... It should be Monica.