Not your perfect teen story

Not your perfect performance

I felt horrible for letting down Ansel like that. I couldn't even sleep properly because of all that guilt. Honestly, I would much rather be the person to get stood up.

I called the whole cheer squad and all the drama folks early to the auditorium to rehearse for my extra special apology for Ansel.

So here's what I had planned :

A dance/musical sorta thing for Ansel with flashcards spelling out "I'm sorry." On the song count on me by Bruno Mars.

Here's what happened though :

No flash cards. Only Devika can sing. And the drama folks can't dance for their lives. Maybe this is why we don't do musicals.

So we decided to just play the song in the background and I'd just hold a paper with the words "I'm sorry." on it instead.

A little bit less special than what I had planned but this works too.

After waking up at 5 to rehearse for what was going to be the best apology ever, the cheer squad just kinda fell asleep in the bleachers. And after waiting half an hour for Ansel, so did the drama folks.

I couldn't sleep. I couldn't let him down again just because of sleep. But what was taking him so long?

Count on me is one my favorite songs but hearing it on repeat for an hour was really starting to get to me. I checked my phone to see if Ansel replied to my message asking him to meet me in the auditorium but instead I discovered that my phone was on airplane mode and he never got the message.

Typical me.

Like I honestly had zero words for this. My life is such a fail. I just stared at the screen and wondered whether I should go on a crazy rampage or just run home and sleep.

"Ash?" I heard a voice from behind me.

"Ansel?" I turned around.

"What's going on?" He asked, looking at our sleeping classmates.

"We've been here since 5" I said.

"Would you care to elaborate?" He asks, laughing.

"No. Don't laugh. I'm so tired and I just want to sleep." I said, almost in tears.

"Why are you crying?" Ansel asked, rushing towards me.

I told him everything. Everything we had planned. My phone being on airplane mode. Everything.

He just laughed. I just stared at him, beginning to get pissed but then I realized that laughing means that he's forgiven me.

"Oh my God! Ash? You went through all that just to say you were sorry? I knew you were when we spoke on the phone. I'm sorry if I seemed like I wasn't interested or something, I was just really busy. But you didn't have to do all that really." He said, still laughing.

"I kinda really did." I said.

"No. I knew you wouldn't have just ditched me like that. I didn't think you were that mean." He said.

"And I'm not. It's the meanest thing I've ever done by accident. I'm really sorry." I said.

"It's alright. It really is." He said, hugging me.

"Aww. Look who finally decided to show up." Natalie said, waking up.

"It was my fault. Forgot to send him the message." I said.

"Ugh! Can you do anything right, Barbie?" She said.

"Well she does a pretty good job with apologies." Ansel said, looking at me.

"Yay! You've made up! But I'm still sleepy. Care to apologize for that?" Natalie asked, in a very sarcastic tone. She is clearly not a morning person.

"Hey! How'd you show up here anyways? It's a Saturday." I asked Ansel.

"I had left my jacket here." He said.

"So fate?" I asked.

"Fate." He said.

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Omg! 2 updates in one day :O that's an all time record for me :P guess we'll have to change the quote on the cover.

Thank you i-man for inspiring me :P you're drop-dead awesome :D And you're welcome for the privilege that I have bestowed upon you :P

- 14yearoldnobody