A Little Story (Chapter 6)

I waited at the cafe with a light heart, people are usually really nervous on their first date but I don't know why I'm not, probably because I don't really fancy Aaron really. I don't know why I'm agreeing to do this but somehow, I'm here, about to have the first date of my whole life. 

Aaron came in with a huge smile, showing off his white teeth, ugh, will that boy stop showing off his charisma? His face lit up when he saw me and walked to towards my direction, he was wearing tight jeans with a plain dark blue top, I can tell the colours because he's one of my stimulants, apart from video games, which makes him kind of special.

'Hey, you're early, you look good today.' Smiling at me

I looked down, just my regular dungarees and striped shirt which I have no clue what colour it is. I bet he was saying that to make me fall for him, not going down that route, such a flower boy line.

We ordered our coffees and sat down on a little table next to the big glass windows of the cafe, it had a view of the busy road and people passing by, I like it, it reminds me how time flies. 

'So, tell me about you.'

'Me? There's not much to know about me.'

'Come one. The only thing I know about you is that you're called Emma and that you play video games really well.'

'That's my life exactly.'

I was short in my answers because, really, there is really nothing interesting in me, I have absolutely no talent whatsoever. I don't want to him about me being colourblind because he knows the video gaming side of me, and that girl is not known to be colourblind, it's best to keep my worlds separate. 

'Ok, then let me start. My name is Aaron, I'm 17 years old, currently in high school, I'm into video gaming, rugby, lacrosse, any sport you name it, I was born and raised in Oxford and.. well, I like a girl called Emma who has gorgeous brown hair with the most beautiful blue eyes that make me near to the point of fainting, she is also very mysterious and I would like to get to know her more.'

Is he hitting on me? Flirting is not found in my dictionary, I don't find it flattering at all. Yes, I do have brown hair and blue eyes, there is no need to flatter me with extravagant adjectives. He's the same age as me and lives in the same area as me, I guess that could be fate? 

'If you want to know me more, you need to earn my trust, I don't fall easily.'

Yes. Go Emma, pretty boys need to know that some girls are hard to get.

'You know, I think that this attitude you have is really cute.' and he shot me his cheeky smile.

Boy, don't do this to me.

'Well, I'm glad you find it attractive, but that doesn't mean you're earning my trust.'

'Oh, I will, eventually. I'll prove to you that I'm the best boyfriend you will ever have.'

'Oh really, I guess you're really experienced then. How many girls before me?'

'Smooth. Well, should I be honest with you? None.'

None? Does that mean that he has so much pride that he thinks he's too cool for anyone.

'I'm surprised, I thought you were the playboy type.'

'Well, my girlfriend, I might not be the type of guy who dates everyone but I do like to party.'

Did he just call me his girlfriend? Partying? Things I have never experienced and never will.

'Excuse me, when did I ever agree to be your girlfriend?'

'Since the moment you decided to come to this date.'

'I came here because it was a forfeit and that this was on the gamers news, so I was pressured to come'

'Still, you coming here means that you have feelings for me.'

I gulped, he really has his ways of making everything go his way.

'If I did have feelings for you, I would still come here anyways, who wouldn't want a free cup of coffee?'

'That is an invalid argument'

'On that account, I feel like this conversation is not really going anywhere and therefore I'm going to make my leave. Goodbye Aaron, thank you for the coffee.' I smiled at him mischievously.

I could see him portray a sign of disbelief. Aaron, girls have a way of winning an argument no matter the circumstances because they just rock like that.

I exited the cafe, I could sense him following him. Maybe I was concentrating on his presence that I couldn't see the car rushing towards me on the road. Next thing I knew, I was shocked to see bright lights shining in my direction..

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A Little Story (Chapter 5)

Aaron's POV
I withdrew a pink leather notebook from a box in the dusty attic. The attic is stored with memories of my childhood, my stuffed toy friends who casts off all the bad dreams, my first ever basketball, it's just nice to come up here once in a while to remind me who I am. 

I looked at the notebook, and it naturally put a smile to my face, the notebook was entitled 'Colours', embroidered with colourful patterns that me and Emma put together, I still remember Emma telling me off for using the wrong colour, this was our memory book. Inside, there are drawings by me and Emma, we did it like a diary, but rather than expressing it in words, we expressed it by drawings and colours. She would come over to my house after school and we would draw down our memories. 

I went to my bedroom and tucked the notebook safely in my backpack, sat down and thought about my date with Emma, does she really not remember me?
That night, I asked my mother about Emma, but her answer was
'Who is Emma?'

Emma's POV
After the shock of being asked out for the first time in my life, I hid myself under the pillow and screamed. That Aaron dude, why did he embarrass me in front of everybody, now I'm on all sorts of Gaming News Websites. I played video games not because it's fun or because I enjoy the fame of being good at it, I play it because it's my escape from reality. None of this was expected, and I hate the unexpected. Why is Aaron reaching so hard for me? What is it in me that attracts him? Ahhhhh...

Anyways, it's only just a coffee date, nothing big, at least it's not some cliche cinema date.. I'm prepared dump him anytime, I'm not ready of love. To be honest, I'm not ready for anything, definitely not school. This is going to be a disaster, what if I choke on my coffee? What is spat coffee all over his beautiful face? Argh... Boys are so hard to deal with.

I received a text from him just when I was in the midst of all the possible things that could go wrong

Aaron: Hey, are you free tomorrow? We can meet in the tiny coffee shop opposite the post office at 4. Look forward to our date ;)

Great, he's a playboy, I bet he's one of those cliche popular athletics boys in high school who always gets smooched by pretty cheerleaders. I can just imagine it.
Emma: Fine. See you then.

No smiley faces in the end, just to show him my 'affection'.

Aaron: Do you know that you acting cold makes me like you more? :)

I sneered, he wants me to fall for him, that's never happening in a million years. I turned off my phone, this boy is not worth my time, which I happen to have a lot of.

I opened my diary and wrote about today, the bizarre things I've experienced, being on stage and being cheered by strangers, this was definitely a breakout. Video Gaming knocked down the walls that I've been hiding behind for almost my whole life. 

That night, my dreams flashed back to my childhood, a little boy with an unclear face was chasing me around, his hands full of paint.

'Come on Emma! paint with me!' 

I don't remember this boy but I do remember the promise I made with him. I promised him that I would paint a picture of his dead mother for him if he won nationals in swimming. 

Well, that's never going to happen now because I'm colourblind.

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A Little Story Chapter 4

  Playing professional on stage is not an easy thing, the adrenaline drove me and my hands were all sweaty. I felt pressured but despite all the nervousness, the bright lights, the attention, all these things I was experiencing was new and I love it.

 It was a close game, I came second amongst the contestants, only 1 mark below.. Aaron.. My heart sank, I was told that the winner of the game could pick a contestant for a forfeit, Aaron might pick me for his revenge after all those horrible things I told him, damn. 

  Aaron walked to centre stage next to the MC, his tall and bulk structure shone, my heart skipped a beat.

  'So, our winner Aaron, now is your time to decide on a forfeit to one of the contestant of your choice! So, who is the lucky person today?'

  Aaron smirked, showing his dimples and white shining teeth, I have to admit, he is good-looking

  'Um.. I'm not sure, but there is this girl that I met who was quite rude to me backstage.'

  'Who is this rude girl you speak of?'

  'Well, she's not exactly rude, she does have her charismatic side, I mean, she looks perfectly beautiful.'

  He then turned his back and looked directly into my eyes along with a cheeky smile. I was embarrassed, I could feel my cheek go red, why is he doing this to me?

  'So who is this mysterious girl?'

  'Emily Clarke and she's sitting right there.' Pointing his fingers right towards my direction.

  The whole arena had eyes on me, I didn't know what to do, it was so awkward, I knew he would do that, just to make me uncomfortable. Cheers calling me to stand up came ringing into my ears, everything was blurry, my head ached, this was too much. I saw the MC approach my direction.

  'Emily! Come here!'

  He grabbed my hand and I was led next to Aaron, I couldn't stand him, I looked at the other direction knowing that he was looking at me. 

  'So we meet again, Emily..' He whispered into my ears

  'I think you're taking this a bit too far.' I said bluntly into his face, I didn't know what I was doing, and I did the rude thing again.

  'Just you wait what the forfeit is.' and laughed..

  What is he planning on doing?? Boys are so hard to understand.

  'Aaron, now you've chosen your target, will you tell us the forfeit?'

  Aaron held my hands suddenly, looked into my eyes with his cloud blue eyes, my eyes were fixed to his, my hands were trembling, my whole body froze, my heart was thumping hard.

  'Will you, Emily Clarke, go on a date with me?'

  The whole arena went silent, people were astonished. I was.. wordless, is this for real? This is the first time in my life that I've been asked out. But, why me? What is it in me that he was so fascinated in? We've only met for 5 minutes.. I don't understand, I'm just lonely girl that just want to be in her own bubble forever, why is he slowly drawing me out of my comfort zone? 

  Then, I realised, he is one of my stimulants, that means he's someone that can change my life, is this fate? I was clueless, I didn't know what to say.

  I just looked at him with unbelievable eyes.. My life is changing..

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A Little Story (Chapter 3)

Chapter 3

  The day has finally come, once a hobby now has become a big thing in my life. What is this feeling in my heart? The feeling of being noticed, to be seen instead of to see, people actually know me for what I do. Video gaming has changed my life, it reset my life and I can now live as a new identity, a girl that by chance is good at video games, not a useless girl who is colour blind.
  I arrived at the arena, I was amazed by the different various types of promotions of the video games, it was like.. heaven, the only thing that makes me happy. I was immersed in the stores and I was interrupted by a man with a pristine suit, he looked proper, not someone I would expect in this kind of event, he wore these bulky black glasses, I wasn't sure about his choice of style.
  'Hi, I'm David Spectar, I'm one of the organisers of today's event. Are you Emily Clarke? One of our guests to compete in the gaming battle onstage today? It's a pleasure to meet you, if you follow me Miss. Clarke.'
  So I did, I walked down the long alley down to the middle of arena, and a lot of people were looking at me, I felt self-conscious, this has never happened in my life and a few moments I will be playing video games in front of a big crowd, I don't know how I'm going to cope.
  I was sent to wait backstage alongside with my 'opponents', I realised that I was the only female amongst the group, it felt strange. I sat quietly at the corner, observing the other people in the room, they were all very anti-social, but I guest I'm anti-social as well, they all had their gadgets, holding their PS3s, they all looked really professional.
  In the midst of these thoughts, someone poked my back, I turned around and saw.. a coloured boy, he had black nike shoes, blue jeans and a grey t-shirt, all these colours evaded my mind, he must be one of my stimulants to improve my vision, I was loss for words, I looked at him with wide eyes, he had a well-structured face, beautiful cheekbones, dreamy blue eyes and brown hair, his eyes squinted when he smiled, he had this charismatic look, like a charm.
  'Hey, I'm Aaron, so you're the legendary player that made it up the leader board within a month, how did you do it? I can't believe it, it took me at least half a year to accomplish that. What's your name?'
  My heart fluttered, what is this feeling? I don't understand, why is my heart beating so fast? A heat flushed to my cheeks, I didn't know what to say, but these words came out of my mouth
  'I'm Emily Clarke, and... it's none of your business.'
  WHY DID I SAY SUCH THING! Is my body resisting to him? Why am I acting so cold all of the sudden? I haven't talked to a boy since.. Forever. I saw his smile fade, I saw his dreamy blue eyes lose its sparkle, I felt terrible and at that exact moment, I was called on stage, I looked back and saw him waiting to go on stage, he waved at me and mouthed the words Good Luck, I didn't know what to do, so I idiotically ignored him, well done Emily.
  Maybe this wasn't meant to be, maybe I'm acting like this because I shouldn't be attracted to him, I don't want him to know about my insecurity, I'm a hot mess and I don't want him to be dragged into this. However, what is this bad feeling I'm experiencing? Somehow, my gut tells me something is going to happen.
  Ignoring all my thoughts, I walked on stage faced by the cheer of a thousand people.


Aaron's POV
  Video gaming is a small part of my life, I like to hang out with my friends at school, I get the occasional love letter and gifts from a lot of 'fangirls', I enjoy attention, it makes me more occupied. Recently, one of my best friends proposed her love to me and I rejected her. I'm not interested in relationships, I'm waiting for the right girl for me, like the girl I met in prep school, I still couldn't forget her, I don't know why she never came back to school after she was hospitalised, I missed her.

  I was invited to become on of the competitors in the battle in the Annual Video Gaming Festivals. When I walked in the backstage, I saw this girl with long silky brown hair, she wore ordinary dull clothes, but there was a sense of secrecy that compelled me to her, like a sense of connection, I couldn't resist her. I figured she was the famous gamer that was mentioned in all the inner gossips in the gaming world, people describe her as cool and beautiful with style, I was obliged to see her face. I poked her shoulder and she turned around and I saw the most beautiful girl I've ever encountered, she had this kind of sad face, like she has this insecurity inside her that she doesn't anyone to know, her big blue  eyes pleaded with hope and potential, her lips were rouged and looked like they haven't smiled for a long time. Despite all the depressing features that I could sense, her face was telling a story, it intrigued me, how come such a beautiful person could have a hard life?  I wanted to know her.

  Then it hit me, she resembled to the girl I met in prep school, Emily

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A Little Story (Chapter 2)

Chapter 2)

  The feeling of seeing colour was extraordinary, it was like a sheer light coming into an abandoned dark room after a long time, it made me think that I can reset my life once and for all. That day, I bought a video game, it was weird because only the game was coloured, everything else was still black and white but at least it gave me something to look forward to, once I find all the stimulants in my life, then I will fully recover from my blindness. For once in my life, I could believe in myself and have faith.

 I returned home finding my mother sulking on the coach, I took a deep breath and stood in front of her, I held back my tears, I wish I could see her in colour, I wish she was one of my stimulants, but the odds are never in my favour. 'Ok mum, I'll go to college for you.' these simple words came out of my mouth and seeing my mother's face lit up for so long, I felt like I've finally made her happy, my mother hugged me tight and I could feel her warm tears soaking into my clothes, I slowly hid the video game I hid, I didn't want to give her false hope, this might never work but I'm willing to give it a shot.

  That night, I was playing the video game on my computer, it was thrilling, the adrenaline rushing through me, I have never felt so invincible in my life, it was an escape from my sad reality. When I'm playing video games, I am not just seeing black and white, it makes me happy for once in life. I was quickly addicted to it, overnight, I've already reached the highest levels, after a week, I was on the international leader board, I hardly slept but it was worth doing because it made me have a purpose. After 2 weeks of non-stop gaming, I was up at the top of the leader board, I was alone in my room but I wasn't in the video game, nobody in the game knows I'm colour blind, I was a new me.

  Video gaming became a huge part of my life, my mother never asked why I like gaming because she knows that I must have my means. After a few months, I was playing different sorts of games and I never got bored, I topped all of the rankings, the satisfaction when you complete a level, the pride you feel when you see your username on the board, I was addicted in a happy way, we are never addicted to something we don't like. However, the happy times will always come to an end, my mother one day came into my room holding a uniform,'you made a promise.' she said with a serious face, I knew the time had to come, I will have to start school in the next few weeks, back to reality. My mother also dropped a letter on my desk, 'This came in the post' she said, it was the first letter I've received in my life, it was probably an advertisement. Holding low hopes, I opened it but to find an invitation for me to attend a video game festival in London as a professional game player on stage, I was shocked, words could not describe what I felt. I was seen by someone for the first time rather than to see, people are noticing me, I'm finally not a nobody, this might just be my breakout in my life.

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A Little Story

Chapter 1)

  Mum is always telling me to go to bed every night but I don't want to. Not when I don't have a reason to wake up, I will sleep at a decent time when I know there is something worth waking up for. My life is crumbling, it has become uninteresting, there's nothing I can look forward to. My mum always say that I have potential in being great but as I've grown up I've realised she was saying that to make me feel better. I still remember the day when I saw the colours in my eyes fading, seeing my classmate's uniform's colour fade, my sudden confusion, I couldn't comprehend what was happening, everything around me was slowly fading into 2 simple colours: black and white. I don't what happened next but the next thing I saw was the tears of my mother, sitting next to the hospital bed with her sorrowful look, I was only 5 and didn't know what to do but one thing was for sure, my heart was aching. From then on, I've become more aware that I'm colour blind, the doctor told me that my case is different and that I needed some stimulant to recover but he didn't know what, basically letting me accept the fact I will forever be colourblind.

  Life after that was so different, I couldn't go to school because I was so negative and hated being underestimated. I did try to go to school but all I could hear was, 'So she's the colour blind girl.', I hate being labelled, I hate being different, I hate being myself. I have lost interest in food because I couldn't see the colours, I have lost interest in movies and the media because all I could see is black and white. For the past 12 years, I've been living without purpose, I'm living not for my sake but for my mother, she was the only one that didn't give up on me and I don't want to let her down, she is the world to me, the only thing that I hold dearly. All the time, I feel angry with myself because I am who I am, a useless colourblind teenager who has no hope in life. I feel angry because I can do nothing about it and I feel angry because I see my poor mother suffer everyday because of me. I shouldn't be living, I'm an outlier. I'm constantly alone in this great big world and I hate it.

  I woke up today just as usual, grieving about my life and how messed up it is, eating my mother's breakfast and telling her to go away but today, my mother sat down in front of me, looked me into her tired, concerned eyes and said, 'Emily, you're almost 17, we need to start thinking about college and university, you can't hide away from reality.' It hits me, the cruel reality. I didn't want to hear what she wanted say, because it would just make me aggravated and I don't want my mother to be hurt, I ran out the front door and into the unknown world that I haven't discovered, I couldn't handle it, going back to school is just too much to deal with, I just want to be forever immersed in my own world.

   I was roaming the streets crying like an idiot, bearing the strange stares from the pedestrians. I sat on a bench and calmed myself down, but what astounded me was the glimpse of vivid green, I turned around and saw a store displaying a promotion on video games. However, what surprised me was, that the boxes of games were all in colour, right in front of my colour blind eyes, they were the first coloured objects I have seen for the past 12 years, was this a blessing from heaven? All I could see was the sparkling colourful video games that brightened. I have found the stimulant in my life, video games, it sounds ridiculous but I think I've found a purpose in my dull life, my heart was beating fast and I couldn't wait to see what this would lead to my life. For the first time in my life, I was excited to be living.

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