SHORT STORIES

Death note

Here I am standing in front of my school,dreading to go inside. Why? It's because of him,the person who I despised the most,my bully. His name is Alan. Ever since day one,he has been troubling me, verbally abusing me and spreading false rumours. I seriously dont know what his problem is with me,why he hates me so much. I've always ignored him and showed him that I dont care, but deep inside,it hurts me lot,not to forget I've lost my only best friend because of a false rumour that he had spread few months ago,now because of that,she hates me,infact almost the whole school hates me,all because of alan and his stupid fake rumours.

I sighed, I knew I had to go inside. I started taking small steps towards the school,I entered the school gate and started going inside.

While walking, I could feel alot of stares from some students. Some of disgust,pity and some just unbothered.

I kept my head down and directly went inside, ignoring all those stares. I pulled the hoodie of my jacket and covered my head to avoid everyone,especially Alan. I was internally praying that I dont bump into him,or that he doesn't notice me,but I guess luck was not on my side today.

"Hey nerd"
Alan threw the books from my hand, making his friends laugh at me. I bent down to pick them up but when I did, he kicked me hard in the stomach, causing me to cough out blood.
Everyone was laughing at my state while some just looked at me with pity in their eyes, it wasnt until someone yelled "blood" till they all noticed I had coughed out a lot of blood on the floor due to his hard kick.
I had enough.
I endured his physical and mental torture for a long time, but this was the last straw. They all stared at me in shock as I got up, faced Alan and slap him hard across his face. Surprisingly, he didnt react, he just stared down at the ground, as if he was ashamed but I wasnt going to buy any of that bullshit.
I ran from there and went to the school terrace and cried my heart out. Why? Why did all the bad things happen to me? As it is my home situation is already bad, my parents only fight with each other shouting curses and other hateful stuff to each other, they completely ignore me. I doubt they'll ever notice if I just disappear. And school? Well what could I say? School was school.
I stayed at the terrace for the first 5 periods till it was lunch break. I made my way to the library. Other than the terrace, the library was another place where I could be at peace because nobody really entered the library.
I sat at my usual place and started reading. Once I was done, I went up to return the book at the counter. The school librarian, Miss Jenner was engrossed in her work till she noticed my presence, she looked up at me and gave me a soft smile.
Miss Jenner was the only person who truly cared about, she understood me, and treated me with love and affection. I liked her a lot, she was all that I had left in this shitty world.
"He troubled you again didn't he?"
I just nodded. Miss Jenner sighed. She knew what was going very well as I told her everything, but whe she tried bringing this to the Principal's attention he just brushed it off saying "boys will be boys" and as much as she wanted to fight more, she couldn't. She knew that she will be fired from her job if she kept arguing and bringing the topic up, and she desperately needed the job. I told her not to worry and that all I wanted for now is a shoulder to cry on which she gladly obliged to.
"Come with me, I want to give you something"
I followed Miss Jenner, confused as she led me to the store room in the back of the library where extra books were stored. After some digging, she removed a notebook and placed it in my hands. In bold letters the words "Death Note" was written. I stared at it, confused and shocked. There was no way this would work.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Take it, go home today and write about Alan in it, write about how you wish Alan will die, and then tear the page and burn it"

"Miss Jenner I'm not sure that this is the right thing to do"

"Trust me Julia, it is. You have endured his torture way too long, it's high time you snap back"

I went home shortly after, I  didnt have the energy to stay at school. I sat at my desk, staring at the book.

Maybe it's just a way for me to remove my anger on him, this isn't real, nothing will happen to him.

I took out my pen and started writing. I wrote a 2 page long note on Alan, how much I hated him and how I wanted him to die, I wanted him to come under the wheels of a fast speeding truck, I wanted him to be crushed to the core, so badly that it will be impossible for anyone to recognize him or put him back in shape. He should die on the spot.
After I wrote it down I tore the pages, and set it on fire. I watched it burn, feeling satisfied and a bit. happy. I kept the book under my bed and went to sleep. I woke up the next day and went down to have breakfast. While eating I decided to watch the news, but when I turned the news channel on, I was horrified.

"In today's breaking news a young teenage boy named Alan was brutally murdered  as he came under a fast speeding truck and was smashed to his death instantly. He cannot be recognized at all. What's more shocking is that the driver of the truck happened to be the librarian of the school which he attended, Miss Jenner."

I was shocked to the core. My heart was beating fast, my vision became blurry and my head was spinning fast. Suddenly Miss Jenner appeard on the screen.

"Maam what made you murder this young boy? Why did you do it?"

And what she said next, left me horrified.

"He was torturing my daughter"