The Vanishing Love Story

Alaine

First day of Senior year

As dawn tiptoed through the curtains, the soft glow of the morning sun filtered into my room, gently nudging me out of slumber. I let out a faint groan, stirring beneath my cozy comforter that mom bought for me from Crate & Barrel since they had a summer sale in our favorite city mall. I reached for my phone, as my alarm buzzed insistently, I slowly opened my eyes and saw that it was 5:45 am.

I placed my phone back on the brown bedside table, laid on my back and stretched my arms and legs since mom always told me to stretch before waking up. I slowly opened my eyes, looking at the beige ceiling reflecting that I am officially a Senior in High school, thinking about it made me a bit sad considering I'm gonna miss my one and only friend, Adelyn who comforted me when my best friend left to go back to her hometown.

I sat up slowly, stopping myself from thinking about negative thoughts, and focusing on the positive side of things that I will be looking forward to. I let my feet dangle on the side of my bed, tying my hair with a black "pantali" that I found beside my stack of Emily Henry books that I read over the summer. I slid into my black slides, walked to the bathroom, where I stared at myself, giggling at how straight my hair was considering I just woke up.

I brushed my teeth, washed my face, placed some light makeup on, before wearing my yellow school uniform. I walked over to my vanity, grabbing my rosary bracelet, and walked to my closet before the bathroom entrance, I went through my jacket section, finding a pink puffer jacket that I haven't worn for ages.

I took it out of its hanger, placing back the hanger which was beside my school jacket that I bought before Junior year ended. I grabbed my black backpack that I bought in my favorite backpack store during our trip to San Francisco last summer. I went out my bedroom, hearing my mom watching the morning news, she was still wearing her purple robe, hair tied when I walked into the dining room.

"Good morning darling!" She said, adjusting her black specs

"Good morning mom!" I say, placing my bag down beside my sister's empty chair

"How was your sleep?"

"It was fine." I say, sitting on the right chair across from her

I grabbed a piece of blueberry muffins that she pre-heated in our oven, mom always liked buying baked goods in the mall across from our place because it reminded her of when her and her siblings used to bake muffins and cookies in their home town during the summer.

"Are you ready for your first day of school?" She said, pouring myself a glass of Orange juice that was placed in our glass pitcher

"Yup!" I say, "I think Adelyn and I are gonna start studying for our college entrance exams."

"Ooooh!" She said, clapping her hands and being excited for me, "I have a brochure I wanted to show you."

"What school is it?" I ask, wondering what school she grabbed a brochure from

"It's Thornfield's Hospitality school. It opened a few years ago and they have the best Hospitality program." She says, placing the brochure on the table.

I looked at the brochure, it had their school logo which was a gold crest that was surrounded by its name. "Thornfield Hospitality School", the best hospitality school in Magnolia Springs, it had two students dressed in white and black colors that you normally see in an airline or a corporate office of a hotel company. A guy on the brochure cover wore a black blazer , white buttoned shirt, with black slacks while the girl had a white buttoned blouse, a black skirt that reached her knee and black pumps.

I turned the page and saw the courses they offered, they didn't only offer hospitality courses but they also offered business, marketing,  entrepreneurship and sustainability courses. I went over the hospitality courses and saw that they had two options, one was for hotel management and the other was for Culinary. I scanned through the hotel management subjects, intrigued at how centered-focused they are on having the students learn hotel operations which will lead them to managerial roles in the future.