Sleeping Beauty (Another Version)

Once, there was a girl who decided to dedicate her life to sharing knowledge with children. And so she grew up decided to be a teacher. It may be said that she's good at it for a beginner. Everyone in the institution loves her. She's this girl who everybody approaches whenever they need someone to talk with. She spent her year, committing fully to the profession. She focused only on her family, her students whom she treated as her kids, and to her co-teachers whom she sees as friends. After a year, she may not have earned any award but she certainly did received a big amount of love given by the people mentioned above.

On her 21st year, and her second year of teaching, she realized that people never really stay in one place for long. Her beloved co-teachers cum friends said goodbye and went on to different paths. And so she thought of also wanting to leave because she thought that without her friends, her life in this institution was over. But of course, as most people guessed, she was wrong. Along with the new school year, new teachers came. That was an opportunity to meet new people. But she could never move. For some time she kept to herself because she couldn't bring herself to think that she would be having a new circle. She thought that that would have felt different. And she felt different. She was introduced to this new circle but all she did was smile.

Then she was introduced to one in particular, a beautiful man, and the emptiness she felt, losing her former friends, was covered by hatred and sarcasm and confusion. He was the spinning wheel that she never pricked at first sight. She hated the man. She didn't trust beautiful people and this man was too beautiful she couldn't bring herself to look at him for long. She decided to ignore him. But as days passed, she became curious of this person. She wanted to explore and so she did. Every now and then she'd come near him, being careful not to touch him. But one day, something happened, something that no one could ever figure out what, that forced her to touch him. Her mind thought, just one touch from the forefinger. She just wanted to know how it feels if she did. So she did. Just like that, the prick included the palm, next thing she knew her whole body aches to wrap itself to his. And the moment she did, she fell into a completely deep slumber.

Her new friends found her there, and they knew exactly what happened. Her one great friend in particular allowed her to sleep because she understood. Her friend even brought her newly washed pillows and blankets. As for her other friends, they understood, because this was the first time that it happened to her. For the whole year, her old self who always had time for her kids, family and friends faded away. She just became that girl lying beautifully on those crumpled sheets, in a deep sleep.

The beautiful man would always be there but he never woke her up. He also never tried. The more he stayed with her, the deeper her sleep became. Her friend thought that this might not be a good idea. Letting the man stay with her. So she started to shoo away the man and tried waking up her friend. She did everything. Buckets of cold water. Kicks. Slaps on the face. Really deep pinches. And a lot more grotesque as I am exagerating. But the girl never woke up, she just accumulated a lot of scars that somehow were managed to be hidden under her fragile body.

The beautiful man, continued to stay by her side, like a poison, slowly turning her slumber into death. The girl lay still, became paler and paler each day, without any hopes of getting her life back. Her friends started to think about giving up. But the moment they were about to, a light casted upon the maiden who had been sleeping for a long time.

Then out of nowhere, a gentleman, though not beautiful as the other one, came and rescued the girl, not by kissing, but by a simple touch on the hand. And just like that, a simple gesture, made the girl woke up from her deep slumber. When she first flung her eyes open, she was confused about everything that happened when she was out. But when she saw the gentleman, she saw in him a familiar face. A face that were somewhere in her dreams. She knew he was there, but she didn't follow him or ask about his whereabouts. She didn't even know why. She just went on sleeping, dreaming with the beautiful man before her, and this gentleman somewhere in the background.

Unlike any characters, she didn't look for answers. But certainly got one when she woke up. After some time of insanity, perhaps a side effect from the deep sleep, she managed to get her life back. Her friends were very happy that she did. She's very happy that she did. She didn't think that her slumber was a complete waste. In fact, it was helpful enough for her to realize that the beautiful man would never have woken her up. He's beautiful but with him by her side, she would've been completely paralyzed, never to be awaken to see this world again.

As for the gentleman who saved her, he's still there, but not somewhere in the background anymore. He's actually slowly working his way to stand before her, and prove her that dreams really do come true.