Saturday, September 01, 1990
Part 3 : The catalyst2 weeks had passed since the "table line " incident . These 14 days passed by without much interuptions . Torrence and I were conversing at every possible moment . With each sentenced said , i began to know more about her . When we chatted , the words in my mind just strung together into sentences , and out of me for her to embrace . A hot topic was her hair . How I loved her hair . How intrigued i was by those long streaks of blond silk , clasped tightly into a pony tail at the back of her head . The rubber band she used was black , perhaps hinting her stringent nature to follow the school rules with absolute obedience . Or maybe she was just too timid to choose a more prominent rubberband that would compliment her blond features :D
Her long and wavy pony tail reached back to her lower back . Just looking at it , would naturally cause you to think , what a uncanny resemblence to a stallion's tail .
I remembered the long metal bracelet that i had "borrowed" from my elder brother . It was made up of numerous minute pieces of metal strunged together to form a chain . It was really a beautiful piece of key chain . ( haha i used it as a key chain as an attempt to beautify my dull looking keys ) . Everyday , the moment i reached my desk , my routine would be , put my bag down and take my house keys out of my pocket , placing them on my desk . Reason being , the chain was quite heavy , and due to some childish paranoia , I was afraid I would lose my keys if I could not see them .
On one particular day , during maths lesson , my right elbow accidentally slipped past the "table line" . And before i knew it , Torrence was ready to strike . I could see the suttleness dissolve from her charcoal eyes . As if by instinct , she grabbed my keys and swung it by the chain , resembling Xena the warrior princess swinging her mace , she struck me with the keys . I could hear the faint sound of my bones being chipped by coldblooded metal .
"sdvkjbsdivscnskjdnvjksndvkjbskdvnakcjnakjsncj !!!!! " ran through my mind . I felt the pain of metal against my shoulder bones throughout my body . My right arm went limp and tears of immense suffering swelled in my eyes . I dug my face in my arms to hide the droplets of tears cascading down my cheeks . I thought to my self , where did the demure torrence i know go , was she consumed by the devil the moment i crossed that "table line " , lavishing in the knowledge that i was hurting real bad !
I lost all composure , and as I lifted my head out to shout " what's your problem " , i saw those charcoal eyes . Next a soothing sound reached my ear , temporary reliefing me of my pain ,
" Are u alright ? I am really really very very sorry " said Torrence . At that moment , Torrence looked so innocent , her words of comfort brought a surging and warm sensation to my chest . The throbbing pain from my shoulders had somehow sudsided . How i hoped that this moment would last . . . . .
End of part 3
x penned @ 11:58 AM