A Car Ride Short Story

A Car Ride

Marwa shoved her bag into the car and hopped into the front seat. The car started moving and they were on their way. At the start of every semester Marwa always have always had this salad, mish mash of emotions, of anxiety, fear and with a hint of excitement. She missed the dorm life, University and her classes, but she was also nervous about the years going by and the feeling of impending doom worsens with every course she takes.

"Make sure you eat well, ok?" her mother said to Marwa 's brother Ali.

"Yeah, mom" Ali said.

"It 's ok if you can 't sleep at first. It 'll take some time for you to adjust to the new place" said her mother and turned around to look at Marwa "Isn 't that right Marwa?"

"Yes, mom" said Marwa.

"And Marwa don 't stay up late like you always do. You 'll get dark circles and, we don 't need that. So try to be a little more responsible for once?"

"Yes, mom. Anything else?"

"Yes. Just graduate already, stop wasting so much time. Your whole taking it easy thing is affecting everyone here. I can 't support you forever you know".

"Mom, you know why I had to delay. It 's not by choice I had to stop for a year".

"No, you could have not stopped. I don 't see how being anxious can affect your studies to the point that you had to just stop for that long? Everyone gets anxious, we get over it. So should have you. I don 't understand why you had to stop for a year because of this 'anxiety 'health problems".

"Of course you wouldn 't understand mom.