All Chapters of Once Upon A Break : Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

|Chapter 02: Dream She Has|~×~×~×~|AVA SANDERS|Like normal days, Mira and I went out even though the sun wasn't still up.We would go around our town, looking for shops and places to find a job. It was really hard for us who didn't even have the chance to graduate from school with diplomas. Well, not all people could have the chance but continued striving hard in their lives."Aren't you hungry?" Mira asked me while were resting on one of the benches that we stopped at.We decided to make a stop first because the sun was already striking at our poor skins. We've been walking around for hours now and all shops that we went to was already closed for hiring. We were exhausted and we could only rest for a while and watched people around us getting their rest day, bonding with friends and their loved ones, and with their partners."I'm numb," I told her and leaned my back on the chair we were sitting at.I could hear different voices and I don't know why bitterness dripped on my saliva.

Chapter 04 | Heartbeats~×~×~×~|AVA SANDERS|I bit my lower lip and shook my head. “What was that?” I asked myself but I didn't realize that Mira was still in front of me. Now, she was looking at me weirdly. Like I got horns on my head. “Anyways, do you want to meet them?” she asked and I don't know why my heart started to beat rapidly. Like I did some race a while back and the adrenaline rush came into my system, just now. “Huh? B-But–,” I was cut off when she frantically waved her hands in front of my face that I had to take a step back or else, I'd get my face scratched from her long polished nails that I just noticed. She was really prepared for this day, huh? “Oh, sorry. I know you don't want that kind of stuff. Then I'll go back to their table, Avie. Don't overwork yourself, okay?” my lips formed a thin line while watching Mira walk towards their table. Was she being sarcastic?Puffing air, I sighed and rolled my eyes in the air. I took a seat on my stool chair behind and

Chapter 06 | Love~×~×~×~|AVA SANDERS| The lights were blinding me. I squinted my eyes to look around the place. This was my second time entering a bar just to have a drink. The last time was … I don't even want to mention it. We just got inside a luxurious bar a few minutes ago and here my friend was, ready to drag me for some serious talk. I checked on the others and they were already approaching an area. I watched them walk towards the end part of the place, far away from the dance floor. They decided to sit in a rounded area, getting one with the darkness. “Avie~,” a sigh made its way out of my mouth hearing the familiar voice of my bitchy friend. Puffing air, I just let her cling to her arms on my left as we took a seat on the high stool chairs in front of the bar area. “What are you, a kid?” I asked her, raising it a bit as the music from the dance floor was too loud for us to hear each other. She giggled and I had to roll my eyes in the air. She wasn't drunk. She hasn't

Chapter 08 | Remembering the Pain~×~×~×~|AVA SANDERS| I was just staring at my feet while walking home. It was already nearing ten in the evening because I intentionally planned to go home late. I told Shida that I would take her schedule for tonight so I had to push her to go home instead of me. I just needed more time alone before facing my mother. Remembering the past that I tried to bury a long time ago was making me feel pathetic. So pathetic that I even told myself years ago that I accepted what happened to my parents but the truth was, I just hid it within my soul. The fact that it was still this painful for me, I knew that I was still there. I was still in between grief and acceptance.Grief for the family I should have like everyone else and acceptance for how it should be. “Hey! Do you think you own the road? Damn! That was close!”I was startled when a deep irritated voice rang in my ears. I blinked my eyes and bowed my head a bit toward the driver of a