Expelled After One Night Stand

Leaving

Anna's POV

I look at the bus ticket that Isabella handed to me. I realized that it is only for tomorrow morning, early. I do not want to use the money she gave me as it makes me feel dirty like my mother. I go to the bus station's bathroom and wash my face. I put on clean clothes, as I am so in last night's clothes. And everybody is staring at me as if I am something the cat dragged in. I wish I could take a shower to wash off the dirtiness I feel. I wash myself in the bathroom as well as I can. I still feel dirty, although I have washed and felt cleaner. I sit in the bus station on one of the chairs in the corner. I play on my cell phone. It is an old cell phone that I got from one of the teachers at my school. All my dreams are gone, everything lost in one night, all because of a woman who hates me for no reason.

I do not understand why they did this to me. If she did not want Charlie, why didn't she tell him? I know it is because she didn't want to disappoint her parents. Lerato wanted the blame to fall on Charlie, and she saw her opportunity to humiliate me for one last time. She destroyed me. She wanted me to have no future, so she did it to me. It is too late for tears now. There's nothing I can do. The bleeding has stopped from the wound on my head. I know it will leave a scar, but I will leave that scar to remind me to trust or love anybody. I will never get married, and I will never have children, as I no longer have anything to give a man. I have no hope for the future. If I get a job, it will be in a restaurant or something. I know it is long hours, and I have no hope of studying after hours. I will not earn enough money to study. I will only get the minimum wage job. At least at the hospital, I would have had an accessible computer and could have earned more money to pay for my studies.

I feel down and broken. The man I love took my innocence away, and he does not care. The dream of becoming a businesswoman one day is down the drain, and I have no hope left. I will not use the money Isabella gave me. I would rather die of hunger than use that money. I have to figure out how to get the money back to Isabella. I do not want their money. I do not want their son. I want nothing of them. I will live my miserable life in a big city. However, I refuse to become like my mother. I would rather work a minimum-wage job than become a stripper like my mother. I do not have enough money to find a place to sleep tonight, so I will sit at the bus station all night. It is not like I will be able to sleep anyway. Now that I do not have a future and all my dreams are gone, I do not want to sleep as I know I will wake up hoping it did not happen.

I wish I could turn back time. I would not have believed Kagiso and would not have attended that party. The day goes by slowly as I sit there feeling sorry for myself. I tried to keep my brain busy by playing on my cell phone, but the battery was getting low. I have not eaten anything today, but I do not want to eat anything as I do not have money to waste on food. I do not know anyone I can trust to give the money back to Isabella. It bothers me that I am sitting with this bunch of money in my purse. What if somebody robs me and takes the money? How will I ever repay Isabella? People come and go, but nobody notices me. The bus to Cape Town leaves at seven in the morning. I got up around six to stretch my legs, and that was when I saw her entering the bus station. LErato buys two tickets to Johannesburg. She does not look around and does not see me. Is she running away from home? Why will she be here so early in the morning? I bet the other ticket is for Kagiso. I know now how he was planning to get to Europe. He was planning on going with Lerato. I smile bitterly as I move back to my corner so she does not see me.

She walks out to the bus stop for Johannesburg. I move slowly to the bus stop, leaving for Cape Town and ensuring I stay behind the pillars so she does not see me. She runs into Kagiso's arms and kisses him. The bus for Johannesburg is leaving at the same time as mine. I will get on as soon as my bus arrives. The bus for Johannesburg arrives first, and I watch her and Kagiso get on it. They kiss each other as they sit down. I look up at the other people at the bus stop as I no longer want to see them. They ruined my life. I see Charlie standing there looking at Lerato and Kagiso kissing. My bus arrives, and I walk over to get on it. I look at Charlie again, and he looks at me as if he could feel someone was watching him. I smirk. I know he realizes that Lerato was playing him and that I did not plan everything. His eyes are full of hurt but cold.

I walk to the bus to get on, but I feel someone grabbing my arm. Charlie pulls me into his arms and kisses me forcefully. I am so taken aback that I stand there like a statue. I look up into Lerato's eyes, filled with hate. I push Charlie away, knowing he used me to make Lerato jealous. I touch my swollen lips. I know he wants her to think he was here to say goodbye to me. When will this stop? Why do these people keep using me as a pawn in their drama? Lerato and Kagiso's bus disappears around the corner, and I slap Charlie.

"I might have loved you once and made a fool of myself, but never touch me again!" I say.

"Don't flatter yourself. I only did it to make Lerato believe I do not care. Besides, I still hate you as you are an opportunist and took advantage of me while I was drunk. You are no better than Lerato and Kagiso. You can be glad you are leaving, or I would have killed you," Charlie says. I took his mother's money and put it in his shirt pocket.

"Do me a favor and give that back to your mother. Tell her I am not like my mother and want nothing of you," I say as I turn around and get on the bus. I see Charlie looking at me, confused, as the bus pulls away.