Short Stories

Behind The Curtain

I never imagined myself joining a theatre club!! There's nothing wrong with theatre stuffs (absolutely nothing!), it's just that, I hate how it ruined our family.

My mom took me from my Dad and I hate the fact that I'll be living the rest of my life (that time) stuck in a nightmare. My mom's a theatre actress btw, a full pledge actress. And I think she suddenly realized that she has a daughter, that's why she brought me with her away from my Dad.

So long story short, she made me enroll to the same university where she studied and used to perform. Everyone knows her, so yeah, the pressure is real. I took a different course, the busiest and far different from theatre stuffs.

There I met the person who I became my best friend, but the thing is, she's a fan of my mom's performances and I f*cking hate that! But she knew what happened between me and my mom and the whole family stuffs, so we never talked about her enthusiasm to my mom.

Then a big change happen when I met this familiar guy from my speech class, he's not a classmate. I saw him reading a book I've watched (I admit, I'm not into books and I looooove movies and music!).

Here's a flashback. I was riding a train that day going to nowhere and brought nothing with me, just my purse (cause I hate being stucked in the house seeing all the things I hate!) Then I acidentally read a paragraph from a book that the person next to me reading. I realized it's one of my favorite movies, so I started throwing a joke based from the story. I looked at him, and he was like, 'wtf is she saying?!'. So I explained the joke, damn it.

And we end up talking on how I should start reading a book, cause he said, 'it's way better than movies'. I really find books so boring and some words are too deep that I end up understanding only a phrase. So yeah, I just told him that I'll try to read a book, tho I didn't mean it.

So when we bumped into each other in the class, he made me borrow his book. I can't utter any word, I'm just so shocked that we're in the same university!

So let's get into the main story, I end up reading more books and performing in the stage as an theatre actress. You might ask, Holy peanut butter and jelly sandwich! HOW? That's also the same question I asked myself one day when I woke up and my mom's preparing my costumes.

So here's why.

The guy I met? He's studying in a drama school in that same university and part of a theatre group. My best friend? She joined the same theatre group. And the people around me? They pushed me to try it. I did, and I understand why my mom chose it than sticking up with us. There's a broader explanation to that!

So what happened with all of us?
I finished college and committing myself to advocacies and theatre. My best friend is now an author and she's about to marry the man who changed my perspective in life. My parent didn't get back together, but they gave me the reconciliation I'm longing for.

What I learned about all of this is that, you're free enough to choose what you wanted your life to be. What's happening to your life now could be permanent, unless you're doing something about it!

And just be happy. Even if someone told you to wrap up, try doing another story, better than before.

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Thank you for reading this short story! I'm thinking about creating a whole story but only if you guys wanted hehe.

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