"I am leaving mom. Alice and the others are here" I said, picking up my backpack from the table.
"Take care and enjoy," she said, sadness creeping on her face.
"Mom, I'll be back in 4 days. We're just going for camping in the mountains. I'll be okay" I said hugging her.
I heard Jack honking and Alice shouting "We'll get late, Mia. Hurry!!"
I waved my mom and hurried down the stairs and hopped into the car.
"Sorry guys," I said.
"Yeah," Jake said.
I looked to my left side to see Alice and Mark sitting beside me. Jake was driving the car and her girlfriend, Monica was sitting in the front seat.
"Hey, Mia. You okay?" Alice asked in a concerned way.

*NO I AM NOT OKAY. NO. MY DAD LEFT ME AND MY MOM A YEAR AGO, HAD A BREAKUP WITH MY BOYFRIEND, ALEX AND THEN LOST MY CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND, ABBY*.

"Yes I am okay, Alice," I said giving her a warm smile.
I wanted to say all these to her, wanted her to know that nothing was okay, but then something stopped me. Maybe because she couldn't understand what I was going through. All my friends think that I am a walking dead person . They call me by nicknames like 'zombie' or 'demon'.
"Do you know we have a new student in our class," Mark asked .
"Ya and he is coming with us," Monica said.
"Who is he?" Alice asked.
"Oh ..his name .. umm..... Maybe he is ...." Jake said all confused.
"Chris" Monica said cutting Jake off. "Jake you need to remember things " she continued.
We all laughed at this. I looked out of the window, ignoring them. I looked at the clouds.
*WHY CAN'T I STAY HAPPY* this sentence kept on coming on my mind.
Finally, after some time we reached our camp. The surrounding was so beautiful. There was something different about this place. There were trees all around us and the sunlight was beaming, falling on our faces. I moved forward , trying to find a place where I could be *myself*. I started to examine the place and didn't notice a rock...