Pain

For Anne, P-A-I-N spells life.
        As perfect as her life had always been, Anne had had her fair share of painful moments. Pain revealed itself to her as early as her mother's first stern word to her when she misbehaved in public, and hurt as deeply as losing her best friend. This time, pain came in the form of Sri Devaraj URS Medical College.
        Anne was never a lucky person. She never win anything at lucky draws. She never guess the correct answers during quizzes. She almost always got picked last for team building. Now, she believed her luck couldn't get any worse than seeing her name appearing under the list everyone prayed to be spared from.
        When pain was imminent, most people chose to run away. Like most people, Anne curled away from the pain the way mistletoe reacted to touch. Because like most people, she was a coward at heart. She was afraid to face pain, but too afraid to make it go away. She could only depend on time to wash away the painful memories. That was how she survived all these years. But Anne had a sinking feeling that this time, it might not be that easy, at least not for the next five years.