I am a freshmen student in college. My parents enrolled me in a private college. They have high dreams for me--even this is the opposite of what I want. Although I didn't like that, I just didn't speak.

I have a hard time making friends and am often alone. I often turned down some of my classmates when they invited me out. Aside from the fact that I prefer to be alone, I am also lack of money.
“Kill joy”, “loner”, “no friend”--those are some of the sarcasm I hear from my classmates.

It was break time when I sat alone by the window to think of a special poem to write. I didn't take a recess(breaktime) for three weeks so that I could save up to buy expensive paper on which to write a poem when suddenly someone stole my ballpoint pen.
"Wow huh, it's cheap! Autumn didn't recess again" Crystal laughed and threw my ballpen on the floor.
"What is your problem?" I said.
When I got up from the chair, Precious took the paper I was writing on and handed it to Sylvia once she stepped on the paper and threw it in the trash bin.
"Wait!" I screamed and all I could do was to cry. And after that, they left the room and my classmates just stared at us.

In the afternoon, I was about to walk out the door when suddenly someone called my name.
"Autumn, don't be sad. I bought you the same paper that Crystal broke. Your poem is beautiful. I'm sure your mother will be happy". Adrien once handed me a piece of paper with a scent similar to the one paper I bought for writing a poem that I would give as a gift for my mother's birthday.

(pardon me if there are error in grammar/originally written in Filipino)
© angie