On a Rainy Day

It was a rainy day in February, Quinifa wined the window of her car down and stuck her hand out. It had stopped raining.

"It has" she whispered, although she'd like to enter the rain but she was already late for school.

She brought out a mirror and brush from her bag and brushed her Blondie hair, she stared at her image reflected on the mirror.

Her blue eyes shone while her full pink lips quivered as she remembered when her mother used to brush her hair when preparing she and Anel for school.

She wiped the tear on her cheeks and put away the mirror and brush, kick started her car and drove roughly out of the garage to school.

The noise in grade 12 Diamond died down as "Icy" as many people called Quin entered into the class.

She ignored their usual stares and walked straight to sit beside Mia Waters, her best friend.

"Quinnnnn you are a bit late today" Mia hugged Quin tight.

Quin replied with "Mm"

"I see you don't wanna talk now" Mia released Quin from her "signature bear hug".

The teacher entered Into the class and everyone stood up to greet.

***

Quinifa watched as everyone except her, Mia and other students troop out of the class.

" Quin let's go almost everyone has left school" Mia said tugging her arms with Quin's.

Allowing student leave the class before she leave,has always been Quin's habit.

"Mm" she replied picking up her bag pack. She walked out of the class without waiting for Mia.

Mia ran behind her "Quin wait up, you should stop this habit of always leaving me behind" complained Mia.

"And you should stop being too slow in walking" Quinifa snapped.

Quin had said something tangible for the first time today.

She pressed the button on her car key, the car beeped.

"You're dropping me off today, my car is at the mechanic's" Mia said ignoring Quin's snap.

"Okay' Quin shrugged and hopped into the car.

"Bye Quin" Mia said as Quin pulled up in front of her house.

"Bye see ya tomorrow' Quin replied softly.

Mia smiled pecking her hair, she was happy that her cold friend was finally loosing up for today.

She loosened the seat belt and opened the car door, she locked the door and stood meters away from the car.

"Bye" she said again waving at Quin till the car disappeared.

Quin parked properly in the garage, locked the car and walked into the house.

She switched on the lights as she entered into the sitting room and pulled her shoes, carefully placing them on the shoe rack and wore her slippers.

Her phone beeped. She sighed and dropped her bag on the couch bringing out her phone from the purse she held.

She checked her phone, it was a message from Rosalie, her father's secretary.

FROM ROSALIE:

Hey Quinifa! How have you been?

Where are you?.

TO ROSALIE:

I have been well, thanks.

I'm at home, just got back from school. I'm about to make a smoothie.

She read what she had typed and sent it.

She walked into the kitchen and dropped her phone on the kitchen island and went to the fridge, retrieving the ingredients meant for her smoothie.

She washed them and placed them into the blender.

She switched it on and observed how the beautiful ingredients crushed down into a liquid and became unstable.

Well, that explains her life.

From being comfortable and happy to being sad and lonely.

Satisfied with its smoothness she took a clean glass cup and poured the content of the blender into the cup.

She sipped from the cup of smoothie in her hand and shuffled to her room tiredly.

She wasn't gonna eat dinner that evening.

What's more?, that's the boring life of Quinifa Sheldon....