A Woman's Flight Chapter 18

As they all poured into the dining hall, Ashley quickly left Rebecca behind as she went to meet her other friend. It didn't take Rebecca very long to see why she was such good friends with this girl. Her name was  Angel and she had gone to the same high school as Ashley. Rebecca just cursed her luck. She could hardly deal with Ashley without having to deal with her equally ignorant and bleach blonde lackey. Almost on cue, Angel looked at Rebecca with a dirty and indignant smirk and said, " Who is that supposed to be? I really hope she doesn't think she is going to sit with us?" Before Rebecca could say anything Ashley replied, " Just ignore her. She is my roommate. Can you really believe it? They actually put me with someone like her? I might just die. I wonder if it is too late to sue the school? I should at least get some sort of compensation for having to deal with her." At that moment something broke in Rebecca. A pain started to form in her chest and her heart felt heavy. An immense pressure began to build up inside of her. She felt herself losing control and there was a full blown sense of anxiety and panic that began to take over her. Even though she wanted to run, there was a vice like pressure that had taken over her body. All of the pain, anxiety, frustration, anger, and dissapoinment from her past began to well up to the surface in that one instant. The last thing she wanted was to show just how weak she was; especially to some one like Ashley. She though she had gotten rid of all of her emotions about her past and dad, but in that moment she realized just how wrong she was. Her vision began to blur and she felt herself blacking out. Just before she was about to pass out Alice gently  patted her on the back. With this almost angelic and child like smile, she looked Rebecca straight in the eyes  and said, " Its ok. You are beautiful. You are safe. You are whole." 

       Almost immediately, Rebecca felt herself become lighter and her anxiety just melt away as if her whole body, mind, and spirit were absorbing her positive words of affirmation. Even though her family went to church; she was never really a believer in God or the bible in general. She had convinced  herself that it was just words in a book that people took way too much stock in. In the back of her mind she wanted to believe. The only thing that was holding her back was the fact that she saw the hypocrisy in the churches in Texas. So many people who said they were people of God and yet openly judging people the most. Even the stories in the bible didn't make sense to her and only confirmed her idea that it was simply written to control people and that it didn't relate to what people were dealing with today. All of that didn't matter though. What ultimately kept her away was this deep seated resentment and anger at God for allowing her dad to get as bad as he did. She openly blamed God for not saving her or answering her prayers for salvation and she especially hated the people in the church for not doing anything about it.

     In that moment, it was like a light bulb went off in her head. Alice was an angel. She just felt it. Alice radiated light and love and this healing energy that she had never felt before, especially from someone she had just met. There was something that was filling inside of her that she had never experienced before. Without even realizing it, she was hugging Alice with all of her strength and crying into her as shoulder. With an almost comical nod of her head and a smirk on her face, Alice lovingly placed her hand under her chin and raised her head so that she could be eye level with Rebecca and said, " You are making quite the scene aren't you? What am I going to do with you miss Rebecca? It seems like I am going to have to watch after you. We are going to have to watch after each other. We are not so different. Us misfits have to stick together." Alice returned the hug as she lifted Rebecca off the ground and held her hand as they led each other out of the dining hall. It was at that instant that she felt a calm come over her. Somehow she knew things would be ok. 

Reviews

[Mia]

What did her father do? I'm dying to know. People can be so cruel but they can also be very kind. This was a lovely write. It would be nice to know more but I enjoyed this

[Ahmad Cox]

Thank you. I am in the process of editing things but if you want me to catch you up with the story from the beginning I can?