April’s Sky

She lives across the street, in a looming 19^th century Victorian house. There is no denying that she comes from a wealthy family, too wealthy to be true maybe. Meet April Summers, the envy of every teenage girls and the desire of every teenage boys. April Summers, the girl with the mesmerizing blue eyes and beautiful brown hair. She’s got skin so fair that teenage girls will go crazy with envy.

  April and I go to the same high school. At school, she is the head of the cheerleaders and the president of the Shakespearean’s Drama Club. You don’t need a nerd from Mathematics and Science Society to tell you that April Summers is super popular. In the so-called high school social food chain, she reigns at the top. April Summers, the epitome of perfection and beauty.

  But she cries.

  April Summers cries when no one is looking at her in her darkening room. She cries when she’s all alone and no eyes were fixed on her. How do I know about this little fact about April? Well her room is exactly opposite my room across the street. When I am studying, I could get a clear view of April’s window. I know this might sounds like I am peeping but who wouldn’t be curious to find out where was the source of the sobbing. Who wouldn’t be curious to know why the school’s most popular girl who reigned at top of the high school social hierarchy cries?

  I wasn’t left in blissful ignorance for a very long time though. It seems that April was a twin. She’s got an older twin sister named Amber. However, Amber was diagnosed with a hole in the heart at the tender age of four and by the time the truth finally came up; it was during the most critical stage. There was really nothing that could be done and Amber’s death at that time was inevitable. Nonetheless, April’s parents blame themselves; they said that they too ignorant that they didn’t notice that there had been something wrong with Amber’s ailing health condition. They were terribly grieved by the death of their eldest daughter.

  April had a very hard childhood. After the death of her twin sister, her parents somehow changed. They have a compulsive addiction towards their work. Mr. and Mrs. Summers somehow metamorphose into workaholics. I guess they acted this way because they thought that they could find solace over the death of their oldest daughter through their work but in the course of their change, they abandon the most important thing…family. They didn’t pay any attention to April at all. They grew richer and richer in the course of the next few years and at the same time, the family began to grow apart. It must have been stress over their work that made Mr. and Mrs. Summers to suffer problems in their marriage too. They hardly talked and there was no family bonding anymore in that family. There was no entry for the word “Family” in the Summers household.

  The only attention that April got is at school. She is a bright student and excels at her studies. She work her way up the social hierarchy through her cheerleading and acting talents. April’s happy at school but at the same time it was all a false sense of euphoria. She’s wearing a mask of deception. The truth is; April lives a lie at school. She was happy when she was together with her friends or when she was cheerleading but all of it is only a ‘high’ for her that only lasts for a short while. It bewilders me that although April Summers is the most popular girl at school, she isn’t an elitist. There was once when I dropped my books on my way to the Biology lab and April helped me picked them up. She even smiled to me and I was officially the school dork.

  Now even when I’m playing my guitar, I saw April Summers crying. I feel sorry for her but my role is only as a watcher, I can only see through my room. I can’t do anything to help her as long as she still keeps herself in concealment. What the future holds for April Summers is uncertain. I do hope she could weather the storm and somehow survived the raging chaos in her life. The world is April’s sky but the clouds hide that April Summers who is deep inside. I glanced up and look at the dark hues of the evening sky. I glanced up and look at the darkening April’s sky.

A note from the author;

This story came into my mind while I was doing my History exam. Lolz…kinda lame huh to think about something else when you are doing your exam especially the History exam. Recently, I get to know someone who is popular at school a little more personal. I just found out that this someone’s parents are seperated. However, this someone managed to keep himcelf in concealment and is so cool and popular at school. This certain someone is also a bright student. I guess sometimes you find solace through something else. Sort of like a rapture that sucks you in to another parallel dimension. I hope you guys enjoy this story!