sail

chapter 5

MIHI:

and as we promised after meeting matt, martin ,yoona and tae which went pretty well, I started back, we all left on our own. Sam couldn't make it today even and so is steven, martin's brother. He is actually in my class during our school, but he didn't continue to be in this field, he just did it for his passion and then moved on and is now a part of his family business. And as I was walking down street, I saw a little girl crying sitting on the foot path aside

"dear why are you crying" no response, so I bent and sat beside her and asked again

"dear, why are you crying ?" she sobbed harder

"please don't cry.. ortherwise even I will cry." She paused for a second and as I thought I could speak again she started crying again , so I pretended crying

"waaaaaa..." and after 5 minutes of my pretend crying which was really tiring she spoke

"why are you crying ?" she asked me

"I am hurt" I said to her

"why ?"

"you are not speaking to me" I said to her and then she said her worry

"my friends are not speaking to me, they are making fun of me"

"why ?"

"because I can't dance"

"what ?"

"there is this event in school and every student has to dance, but I can't dance and they tease me" she explained sadly, and I have a perfect solution for her though which can help her

"don't worry dear, I will teach you "

"you can dance ?" I laughed as I replied her

"yes dear I can, now tell me what your name is?"

"I am Lillian"

"oh, I am Mihi McDonough dear"

"you are the Mihi McDonough?" she asked me with a confused expression

"you know me Lillian ?" I asked her

"yeah I watched your last musical, but why do you want to teach me ? I can't dance"

"that is what others say dear, you can dance, I will help you practice"

"pinky promise?" she asked innocently, as she pointed her pinky finger, I crossed my finger with hers and said

"pinky promise" she smiled brightly at me

"now shall I take you to your home ? " she nodded, and then I realized her house is not far from mine, just 2 lanes away, and her mother was more than convinced that I would be helping her practice this whole week,

there was just two more days left for Lillian's school show, and after practicing hard for four hours I dropped her home and came back, feeling tired I fell back and closed my eyes just when Lillian's words came to my mind when she was about to go inside her house

"Mihi, I can't do this,"

"why dear ?"

"stage, people, will laugh at me if I do it wrong"

"no Lillian, nothing like that will happen, just be confident okay ?" she nodded to me and left in. this conversation reminds me of the first musical that I ever participated in. and like that my thoughts drifted back to our second year in MSA, 6 months left till we graduate, and our school decided to hold the showcase a little earlier for us. If it hasn't been that day and that performance the mihi mc donough you all now know to be a famous artist will be doing some regular job still in fear of facing the crowd. Though I dreaded the thought that time, I now know it is what it made me, it was really my first step. And I am glad that I did.

I was lost in thought for a moment when I heard my phone ring, it is matt,

"hello matt, how are you ?" I asked him as I pick up the call

"hey mihi what are you doing ?"

"nothing much ,why ?" I replied for his question,

"so can we meet today ? at copper pot ?"

"aren't you out of town for some concert ?" I asked him, as far as I remember that is what he said to me a few days earlier, and after that it is now we are talking

"yeah, I got back yesterday"

"oh okay sure, at what time ?" I asked him

"in about two hours?" he asked me, I agreed and we hung up

MATT:

And me being pretty excited about having to meet her, I ended up coming an hour earlier, and doing nothing. Well, hey shouldn't I tell you how I first started crushing on her, or how I started to fall in love with her and when?

it is the same place, and I am sitting at the same table as I am seated now

Another usual day after school and then after school I came back to copper pot again, yeah I spend roaming around the city sometimes, but I can't be doing that every day, so this place has officially become my favorite hangout place here, having a coffee watching people pass by, scribbling something or the other has become my routine, and today as I am here again, and as I close my eyes to relax a bit, images of the same girl, sitting in the practice hall deep in thought and running past me and letting me hear a funny story about her friend, and thinking to write I searched my bag not finding my notebook, I decided to write on the tissue for now so that I can copy in later

Dressed in grey

you were lost in thought

thinking something deeply looking up

made my eyes stop and look at you

Dressed in blue

you ran across the hall

seeing you made my heart flutter for the first time

made me curious enough to follow you

there was something that was making me curious about her, but why yet ? I don't know the answers myself, and as I was lost in thought that tissue paper slipped away and was now being lifted by a girl who was now about to read it, no its personal my mind screamed and as I lifted my head up to see who that girl was, I received a shock for a lifetime, it was the same girl I wrote about, Mihi McDonough. It took me a minute to get back to my senses and I immediately ran to her table and snatched my poem back, and I am sure it didn't appear as simple as I thought as I appeared harsh and she appeared to be shocked and her expression changed into guilt

"no no please wait" thinking for words I spoke "I am sorry, that was personal"

"sorry" she said with a puppy face which made me smile instantly

"can I take a seat here??" I asked as she nodded I went back to my table and got my bag to her table and after me taking a seat she spoke pointing to the paper which is still in my hand

"I am sorry for that again"

"I am sorry too, I think I acted a bit overboard too " and it became awkward for a second, so I decided to introduce myself

"Matt Carroll" as I extended my hand for a shake, shaking it she spoke

"Mihi McDonough" and we officially introduced one another

well like that I met her officially but no there is a lot more to our story than that mere meeting, and I was disturbed as I heard her calling me

"hey matt"I turned to see in that direction see her walking towards me.