The Story About How Someone Got To The Girls Soul (Essay Sample)

THE WAY TO HER SOUL.
Beatrice had the voice of an angel. Music was in her soul. She could feel it every day and every night. It was the one thing on her mind since she joined middle school in Midtown Junior School, Wisconsin. Since she was a little child in first grade, she sang her little heart out during talent shows and singing competitions knowing that some day she would sing for the world and more and more people would recognize her.
Beatrice then got to college and decided to pay less attention to music and more on her college education. She was doing a Bachelors in Education and hoped that she would achieve a first class honors by the end of her course. Four years passed and Beatrice never sang a single song, not even when she was busy cooking or doing the laundry. She realized how miserable her life was without music. Now through with her college education, she sought for a job in some of the high schools around but gave up easily. At her uncle’s coffee shop, she found hope as a waitress, busting tables.
She never really got the essence of her job, but she somehow realized that she belonged there, tending to people who were quite fond of her. Her confidence grew much stronger and with time she began humming in the kitchen as she cleaned up after closing time every evening. She made it a habit to hum because she loved it. However, she felt she was being watched by someone. She was taken away by the mood and danced away as she reached the climax of her song. The stranger, eager to join in kept his distance because he did not want to be seen.
The next morning, Beatrice’s uncle came up with a brand new idea. He decided to introduce karaoke as a way of bringing more customers to his coffee shop. Now the coffee shop was a bit lively and people enjoyed the country music they listened to but something was still missing. A lot of people got up to sing the hoarse voices when they heard their songs playing. Beatrice listened to them and clapped along with them as they enjoyed themselves. The stranger too found himself clapping along with them once he saw Beatrice clapping. This setting was just right for Beatrice’s big break that she dreamt of once upon a time.
The stranger, still at his corner got up one afternoon and walked to the karaoke machine. He stopped the music and everybody stared at him in shock wanting to question his intentions.
“What is your problem mister?” Beatrice asked him.
“Come sing with me.” He said.
Beatrice looked at him and ignored what he said as she remembered seeing him once as she was cleaning and humming. The stranger decided to tune the karaoke machine to a love song by John Legend. Beatrice stopped but did not turn around to look at his face. She realized he was singing to her. With her hands on her waist, she turned around and looked at the stranger from his head to his newly shined shoes, walked up to the karaoke machine and unplugged it. Everybody was so disappointed because they were eager to see the drama that would unfold after the stranger had gone down on his knees. She left him on his knees and went about her normal job cleaning tables.
The stranger stood up and everyone clapped and cheered at his fantastic voice. He introduced himself as Alex and said he was there to stay. Beatrice looked at him with her right eye and caught a glimpse of his charm right from his silky hair to his shapely sideburns. She clicked and smirked and realized she was in total denial.
Later on that day, as Beatrice left the coffee shop after her shift, she saw Alex from a distance. She decided to ignore after he waved for her to wait for him. She hastened her pace as Alex tried to catch up with her. She found herself running from Alex. All this was just for him to formally introduce himself. Beatrice did not seem to be interested.
“Okay, okay, you win, I don’t deserve your attention, but please let me just know your name.” Alex said from a distance.
Beatrice knew that if she turned her head to look at him, she would regret having to never forget his face. But she did so anyway.
“Why do you want to know who I am, I have never seen you in my life.” She said as she looked into his eyes.
She almost melted trying to get a grip from seeing that he had blue eyes. The touch of his face was a dream come true to her and his lips were just the right size for the perfect first kiss. She realized after a second that she had already started stroking his cheeks and gazing into his eyes. Alex too tried touching her hand but to his surprise, Beatrice slapped him hard.
“Don’t touch me!” She shouted. “You have no right.”
She turned back around and left Alex dumbfounded and confused of what had just happened a few seconds that had just passed. Alex just gazed at her as she cat walked away in silence.
We all have flaws and make mistakes. Man is to error and correction is inevitable. However, Alex, even though he had a better self on the outside, he had a deep darker inside that nobody knew about except himself. Alex was a serial killer and Beatrice was apparently his next victim. Alex slept with a number of women, whether fat, thin, small, big, tall or short and all these women, he killed immediately he was done with them to hide his identity. Was Beatrice really safe?
Even though his dark side overshadowed his bright side, he had a few good things e did in his life. Alex knew how to sing like an angel. He started as an altar boy in church on Sundays and he slowly grew into a man and joined the choir. Everybody loved his sweet voice back then and that was West Virginia. That was before he met his first love who changed his life and tore his heart out for good. Now his way of relieving his anger and sorrow is infecting other women with the disease his first love decided to give him intentionally.
Selling his music on the streets next to the coffee shop was the only chance he had of seeing her again before she got too busy in the shop. His luck ran out and he decided to go in after he had earned a couple of dollars. He was shocked to find Beatrice had been given the day off. This was the perfect moment to make his move he thought.
That night, he looked for her address, found it and dressed to kill. He put on some of his best cologne and took a walk to the address he had been given. A small house, manageable and very cozy he thought. He knocked once, no answer. The second and the third time he knocked, he did not think she was even home. But as he was leaving, beautiful Beatrice opened the door and after she saw him, she closed the door and this time locked it. The usual state of dilemma he was left in was getting to him and so he decided to take things up a notch. He sang her a song.
“When will I see you again, you left with no regrets, not a single word you said,
No final kiss, to see your pretty face…”
He heard her hum the song and got courage to sing even louder. She opened the door and sang along with him till their eyes met and they smiled at each other.
“Please go away, “said Beatrice.
Alex was speechless after the magical moment they had was spoilt by her telling him to leave. He had no choice of the matter, he took his leave.
Beatrice too had some secrets that she was not willing to share with anyone. All she knew was that she did not want to fall in love again after what an old boyfriend in high school did to her. She cried that night after the memories vividly came back to her and that was when she remembered to take her antiretroviral drugs. She had AIDS.
Alex kept coming back to her home with the same old approach and Beatrice decided to give the hard to get attitude a rest. She let him in for the first time one Monday night and offered him coffee in her living room. She asked him a lot that night and she felt she could trust him even with her heart. But she forg...