What Could Love Be

Melissa hurriedly ran out of the class as she felt blood trickling down her skirt; she went into the university bathroom and saw she had just got her period. She took out her phone and gave her friend Lydia a call, telling her to help her get menstrual pads and bring them to her in the bathroom.

Lydia brought her the pad, and she quickly cleaned up and got changed. Melissa asked Lydia if she'd be attending the last class for the day and then informed Lydia that she would be skipping the last class for the day as she got period cramps. Lydia also said she would be skipping the last class of the day as she's got other plans.

Melissa asked Lydia what her plans were but she was reluctant to tell Melissa her plans. Melissa let it slide and didn't press her about it any further. Both girls bid each other goodbye for the day and parted ways at the university's gate.

As Melissa walked home, her mind kept wandering around; she kept on thinking about how Lydia had been acting strange lately, as they barely get to hang out as often these days. And Lydia always seems to be in a hurry to get somewhere. She kept on thing if Lydia probably picked up a side job she works after school. But she brushed this thought aside quickly as it didn't make sense to her, because Lydia is from a wealthy background, so she has no reason to pick up a side job, and even if she did pick up a side Job they were close enough for Lydia to tell her. As she was lost in her thoughts she felt someone tap her from behind, she was startled and quickly turned around to see who had tapped her, it was her mother, her mom asked her if she was alright as she had called out her name a few times, but she failed to respond. She told her mom she was fine, but she just got lost in her thoughts; she noticed her mom was carrying a grocery bag, and she hurriedly grabbed the bag from her mother as they walked home, talking about her elder brother getting his first girlfriend.

Once Melissa arrived home she took a warm bath and passed out on her bed.

Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, she heard from afar. The sound was muffled and kept on fading; she could see Lydia running on a long dark corridor; it looked like Lydia was running away from something.

"Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, the voice got closer and clearer her heart began to sink, then she heard Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, come down for dinner or there would be no food for you today in this house. Her eyes opened slightly at the sound of food; she got up and realised the name she had heard was her mother calling her, and her seeing Lydia run on the dark, long corridor was all a dream.

Melissa went downstairs to eat dinner and faced her mom, who was angry she didn't get any help while making dinner.

As they eat their dinner in silence, the image of Lydia from her dream keeps coming back into Melissa's mind; she asks her mother what it means when she has a dream, and she keeps thinking about it. Her mother said if the dream keeps coming back it could either mean something or nothing, and urged her to let it be.

Melissa gave Lydia a call later that night to ask if they would be seeing each other the next morning as previously planned; Lydia said they'd definitely see each other at school confused, Melissa replied, it's Saturday tomorrow, and we don't go to school over the weekends.