Her Shattered Soul

Chapter 1

It was always a dream becoming a software engineer, but a software engineer in the ARMY?! That's something I never imagined.

Who knew fate would bring me to Military College of Signals? For many people this place is a dream come true but for some it's an option, something they never wanted but had no choice but to come here.

And for me? For me this place is my home.

"Sir! Guess what I brought!" I hear a voice behind me while I work on my laptop for my assignment.

"Lemme guess...Big Mac?"

"Hell yeah!"

"Upsize?"

"Yesss!"

"You da man!!!I am proud of you bro! Now bring it over!" I say in joy.

Did I mention I am the only lady cadet in my batch? And when I have to work on assignments and projects, I am usually with these cadets.

The cadets in my batch are the best! We are all like a family. And by having so many brothers here, I don't even think about my real shitty brother. I guess when Allah doesn't give us something good, he does in an other and better way.

So this is our routine. We sit around this huge table which everyone calls "the cadets' secret property" haha and we sit and work on projects on our laptops for hours. Hence it calls for some good food to eat after all the hectic work. And yes I am the huge foodie among them as well.

Zayan is the youngest cadet in our batch and everyone treats him like a kid and bosses around with him but he's a very kind and respectful guy.

And since he's the youngest, he's given the duty to bring us fast food everytime. And my bro knows my choice in food!

Seriously there's nothing amazing then getting to eat McDonalds after hours of hectic work.

And no it's not easy studying software engineering. And no we aren't "lazy" as a lot of people say. We work like crazy and still our work is pending and never completed. Sigh. Yeah I know, needs lots of patience. But I think I am good with that.

"Zayan you have only ten minutes left for this task, hurry up!" Yasir teases him with his bossy nature.

"Bro I only take orders from Sir Faryal, she's the boss." Zayan says confidently.

"Nice comeback kid! Hahaha" I laugh, impressed from Zayan this time.

"You're a bad influence Faryal Bhai." Yasir shakes his head. And yes I am apparently their "Bhai"  (brother).

"Pfft. Oh please!"

"Guys come on we don't have much time! The deadline is in two days!" Tahir says in concern.

"Yar aik tou yeah teachers ne humey kia samjha hua hai?! Machines thori hai hum...(Man, what do these teachers think we are? It's not like we're machines...)" Yasir says, frustrated.

"Come on man you're cadet, no amount of work should be hard for us." Tahir says.

"Yeah say that to the spoilt brat pfft." Zayan laughs.

"Wow Zayan, Zuban kuch ziada nahi chala rahe aj kal hain?! (Aren't you talking too much these days, huh?)" Yasir narrows his eyes.

"Learned it from Sir Faryal!" Zayan snaps confidently.

"Wow...." Yasir claps sarcastically and shakes his head in disbelief.

"Pfft. Bas kardo Zayan, Yasir will actually think I am a bad influence hahaha."