A Missing Piece

By Miss Justice

Chapter 1 "Frustration"

Today was a typical day for Veronica Sanders. Sitting in Mrs. Amador's classroom, Veronica and her classmates were putting puzzles together as they did every Monday. As she normally did on Monday mornings, she was unable to remember the previous night. She remembered going to her boyfriend Troy Fisher's house and that was about it.

As Veronica was putting the puzzle together, her mind drifted away to Troy. She could see his perfect, tanned skin, so clear and without a single pimple. She could picture his sparkling, blue eyes, the color of the ocean, so enchanting. She could imagine his radiant, shining hair, a flawless, dark-brown color. Just the thought of him made her smile.

However, it seemed like something was missing. She always wondered what life was about and quite often, as no answer came to her, suicidal thoughts would come instead. A piece of her heart was missing, just as a piece of the puzzle she was working on was missing.

Veronica was frustrated since the last piece of the puzzle seemed to be nowhere in sight. She looked in her lap, under her chair, and under the table, but the piece was nowhere to be found. She stopped for a moment to clam down, but it was no use. With a yell of "Why does this always happen to me?" she stormed out of the classroom.