Approaching your date must be the hardest, especially when you've never met them. I walk to the far bench of the 'Tudor Park' as Thomas instructed me a few days ago on the dating website. He mentioned something about a maroon coat with a pair of skinny jeans, I keep an eye out for that just in case he hasn't made it to the bench in time. The closer I get the more visible the figure sitting on the bench gets, I see a big, cosy maroon coat and 'Acid Washed' skinny jeans. Unconsciously I speed up, and everything that happened before that hospital trip soared out of my innocent mind. With an increasing spark of excitement I hurry to the bench.
"Hi, are you Thomas Belton? I'm Amber Carter and you told me to meet you here so I came.." wow! I said that without awkwardly stuttering at all!
"I don't know who you're on about, but I'm surely not a Thomas" a middle-aged man turns around, looking like he's been up all night, texting some teenage girls.. But, hey! That can't be true- he's probably got a wife, kids, grandchildren..
"Oh..Urm sorry I must've confused you for someone else..Sorry" I can feel my face filling with embarrassment as it gets flaming hot. I don't wait for a reply and rush off back to where I came from. Not only I am embarrassed, no. I'm scared because I surely did not confuse that man with someone else, however why would a 50 year old man sign up to a dating website and pretend to be someone else? Why target me? The thought doesn't leave my mind all the way home, with my hands stuffed into my antique coat's pockets I make my way home as quick as possible- it's already 3pm and I've only got an hour until it gets dark! That's one of the many reasons I hate the Autumn months.
Recalling yesterday's events still scares me, although I am curious and perplexed.. Who is he? I decide to deactivate my account on the website and carry on with my life as if nothing happened. I get up off of my bed to go check my calender and my school timetable- if I'm correct today is a Sunday which means waking up at 6am tomorrow for the dull school of mine. My timetable shows me that I have double science periods one and two..Oh no! My science assignment is still not complete! I quickly grab my back-pack and pull out my science folder; and it's in my bag for once! I stayed up last night cleaning again and I have to say I'm loving my room clean.. I've progressed to the point where all of my clean clothes are in my closet and the dirty ones downstairs in the washing basket, my school stuff is on a separate shelf or in my school bag. Phew! That was a lot of work, I feel like I burned a million calories just putting my clothes away! Anyway, my assignment is to complete a GCSE paper on the Periodic Table which we are actually getting marked for. Well as I'm in the top set, we get pushed really hard and I find it quiet easy to be completely honest. As I mentioned before, I love my science teacher and I think I'm one of his favorites too; Mr Johnson asked if I wanted to come after school to revise for the End of Unit Test and when I asked who else is coming he said:
"It's only you, I mean look at them 'chicks' all into makeup and everything- they don't give a damn about learning!" which I completely agree with. My first revision session is tomorrow after school and I am really looking forward to that! The thought of telling Sir about my personal life has crossed my mind a few times and if it goes well, that's the route I'm going down.
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A Photographer in the Dark.
TerrorA touching story about a 14 year old Amber suffering from severe anxiety and depression. Signing up to a dating site has really helped her mood as being the 'new kid' in the Northampton High School isn't easy. She falls in love within seconds but...
