It was dark and cold. So cold you could feel the goosebumps rub against your cotton shirt. So dark you couldn’t even see your hands In Front of your face. Constant torment played with his mind. Wondering when this pain would end. Jeffery felt so forsaken. As if no one knew his name or cared for him. He sunk into his bed, he sunk deeper and deeper. He sunk deeper than quicksand, it was like a black hole consuming him but not just him physically, his entire soul. He longed for companionship but knew there was no hope. He accepted defeat. He was truly lost, drowned in his sorrows and self-pity.

Jeffery just like any other teenager in college was stuck in isolation. Worst of all he was being held prisoner by his own parents. Forced to the confines of his room. those 4 white walls were all he saw all day every day. He couldn’t even escape them in his dreams. They were glued to his eyeballs.

Covid 19 had paralyzed the whole world. Jeffery felt as if his whole world had ended. He had to leave his best friends, back from school. These friends were his livelihood, they helped him through thick and thin. But ever since this pandemic hit, they seemed to disappear with everything else in life. Jeffery was a huge extravert he loved going out and socializing, being the life of the party. However, there was no more party. It didn’t help that his parents were doctors. They lectured Jeffery about what seemed to be every little detail and danger regarding Covid 19. To Jeffery this list was endless and pointless. The only reason Jeffery reasoned with his parents was due to the fact that his grandparents lived with them. Jeffery would never forgive himself if anything happened to them, and especially if he was possibly responsible for it.

Jeffery kept himself busy at first. He explored every corner of Netflix, watching what seemed to be every conceivable movie and TV show to be thought of. He even started watching Anime! Which he thought was so weird and geeky before, but he had come to love it. He also had his school work, YUKKKKK. Jeffery was never very fond of school in general, especially not college. He felt forced to go to college by his parents. “You have to go to school to earn a living. Like us! We worked hard to be doctors.” Jeffery dreaded every second of it.

Jeffery soon lost all motivation do anything at all. Most of all, his school work. All deadlines were extended, due the pandemic. Which gave Jeffery the mindset that he had all the time in world to complete his work. This put Jeffery in an endless cycle of procrastination. Instead of doing his work he would spend hours on his phone scrolling through social media. Looking at every post of his friends whether they were breaking quarantine or just finding some way to have fun, none of these which included Jefferey. He felt as if no one really cared about him or his feelings. No one would call, some would message sporadically, but none made an effort to really connect with him.

This was truly Jeffery’s downfall, he became envious. Jealous of others and what they could do. Jeffery began to lose track of the days. Everything was the same to him. He began sleeping until dinner and finally falling asleep at breakfast. If his parents were ever disgusted with him, now would be the most apparent. His parent’s strife towards him made him feel ever more alone and isolated. He felt like the whole world was against him, and wanted him to suffer.

Jeffery began cutting off contact with everyone around him. He was drowning in his own self-pity and disliked everything in his life. It got to the point where most days he didn’t even leave his bed. He didn’t eat much at all. He just stared at the wall for hours at a time. Jeffery didn’t even check his phone anymore. He became so skinny it was unhealthy. Every aspect of Jeffery’s life was decaying and rotting just like the apple core left his bedroom floor.

Jeffery considered ending it all, he was so put up with his sad pointless life, he felt better off not living it…. “Honey, they lifted the quarantine. I think some of your friends are here”. It was like a bright light beamed into his dark word, scorching his immense depression. He was lifted out of his bed. His friends from school once again came to save the day. In reality they saved his life.