Forbidden Love

Beep! Beep!

I groaned, instantly regretting setting an alarm on Saturday, the day I didn’t have to teach.

The longer I waited for the alarm to stop, the louder it got. I eventually put my pillow on my face and screamed into it, just to let all the negativity out.

I put the pillow aside and stretched, even though I was still under the covers. I then rubbed my eyes which were still trying to adjust to the light that was seeping through the curtains. Throwing the covers off my legs, I walked straight to my window and yanked the curtains open.

I yawned whilst admiring the perfect-looking world. Although everything seemed peaceful, I knew it wasn’t. Not at all. Only few actually good people existed.

I slowly chuckled at myself. I always seemed to be thinking about the negative things rather than the positive things. I really needed to stop it, but how could I when I was always surrounded by bad things?

I walked into my bathroom and washed my face before I brushed my teeth. I decided to take a shower after I went on a quick morning run.

I went back into my room and opened my closet. I threw on some sweatpants as well as an oversized shirt. I put my extremely curly bed hair into a bun so it wouldn’t get in my face while I was running.

I checked the time before I left the house and saw it was 7:30 AM. I would come back at around 9 AM, which gives me an hour and thirty minutes to feel free.

As soon as I stepped outside, I felt the cool breeze hit my skin. I was able to feel the goosebumps rising already. I smiled at nothing in particular. I enjoyed running, especially in the mornings when there wasn’t much traffic going on. It was nice being able to connect to mother nature.

I started off by walking while I looked around myself. It was a chilly October day, and the sun was just rising. The sky was a beautiful blue and the clouds looked practically majestic. I wished I was able to stay out all day so I could watch the sun rise and set. It would be beautiful.

After running for about an hour, I got pretty thirsty and so I stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts so I could get myself something. I ordered a coffee and a donut, obviously. My order came pretty quick and just as I was about to leave, I heard my name being called.

“Miss Aisha, Miss Aisha!” the cute little voice said.

I turned around and was surprised when I saw Jasmine grinning and waving at me. I then furrowed my brows since I didn’t see her dad by her.

“Hi, Jasmine!” I greeted her, smiling softly.

Aishia,” Jasmine shyly

are you doing here without a parent, sweetie?” I asked,

as if she didn’t know how to say what she wanted

you talking to

“I’m not a stranger, I’m her teacher,

turned to me and her mood instantly changed. Now, she

the Aisha my niece has been talking about. She absolutely

eyes were a bit small, and she gave off

Jasmine’s also a

jokingly. I laughed along with

in the morning. I said goodbye to both Jasmine and her aunt before I left, and I even got Ameilia’s

to make learning fun for the kids. They always get distracted easily, which is normal for kids their age. Throughout the whole week, I was gonna be giving them quizzes and pre-tests

was my sister, Linda, calling. I immediately picked

said to me

up? How are

all going to a club tonight,

“I’m not sure, Ling—”

that. I already told you I prefer being called Lin or Linda,” she said sassily on the phone. “Second of

say but she already

sighed before looking up at the clock. It was already 5 PM, and so I had three hours before Linda was gonna

this day, I still don’t know why she changed her name from Ling to Linda, even though she said something about getting bullied and people stereotyping Asians. She should’ve stood up for herself or let us—me and our other siblings—so we could help

bit romantic. We ended up dating for almost a year

asked him if he could go to the club with me and my siblings, and he said sure. We ended up talking until it was 7:30, then I hung up and hurriedly got ready to go to the

. . .

get ready in time for Lin to pick me up. Now, we were walking inside the club with

I also had on some lipgloss

having fun. If I guessed, I’d say there were a