score

eight

The timer was stopped at 17 seconds, which meant that Steve and I would have to move fast.

I quickly, but gently pulled back from my hug with Andrew and I glanced at Preston.

He gave me a nod, which caused me to look back at Andrew.

"Hey, I gotta help Preston out with something right now, so I'll just catch up with you at the front."

"Okay, yeah, I'll be there," Andrew replied as I began to step back.

"Cool, see you in a minute," I said before turning around and sprinting up the stairs.

When I passed Steve, his part of the 'mission' began. His job is to get Garrett away from Sierra and distract him.

They're both in drum line so I can see why I'm not doing that.

"Garrett!" Steve called, waving his arm as a gesture to come over.

As soon as Garrett leaves Sierra to go to Steve, that's when my part comes into play.

Once I was at the top of the stairs, I quickly went around the band section and attempted to get to Sierra.

"Sierra!!" I exclaimed, catching her attention.

She looked at me with a shocked expression. "Talia! What are you doing in the band section?"

I know I'm not allowed in here, but it's worth a shot.

"You need to go to Preston. Like, right now."

Sierra hesitated and took a glimpse at him. "Why?" She asked, sounding both confused and awkward.

"Please."

"Fine," Sierra sighed and began to walk in between the other band members towards Preston.

I casually walked out of the band section and back to where I was. But on the way down, Macy stopped me.

"What's going on?" She asked, nodding her head towards Sierra and Preston.

I gave her a small smile. "Just watch."

Finally, the timer reached 0.00 and too many things happened at once.

The stands went crazy again and the horn went off, but luckily, I was able to see Preston lean in to kiss Sierra.

AWW YES, they're so cute.

"Oh my g-! Talia did you just see that?" Macy excitedly screamed.

"Yup!" I replied, uncontrollably grinning.

Their kiss lasted for a couple more seconds before Preston slowly pulled back. Preston shyly smiled while Sierra stood right in front of him with no specific expression.

She looked somewhat speechless, and I wouldn't blame her.

But then she finally revealed a genuine smile and looked at the ground, seeming just as shy as Preston was.

Ah, mission accomplished.

At that moment, the speakers started blasting music and almost everyone in the stands began to dance.

Even the band.

The person whose dancing stood out the most, or at least the one I noticed first, was Steve.

Boy, his dancing is probably the funniest thing I've seen tonight.

When I looked at Steve, he was waving or swinging his arms in circular motions, as if he was doing the 'windmill'.

Well, at least that's what it looked like he was doing.

It was funny because once Steve started doing the 'windmill', the rest of the drum line, including Garrett, began to do it too.

Macy and I began to crack up as we watched Steve and the drum line dance.

"Okay guys! Game's over, let's start heading out," The band director announced.

Right when he said that, I rushed out of the band section.

"See you later, Macy!" I waved before going over to Olivia and Trevor.

"Bye Talia!" Macy replied as she walked off with the band.

Once I reached Olivia and Trevor, Olivia gasped with excitement.

"Did you-!"

"Yup, I saw Preston and Sierra," I smiled, completing her sentence.

Trevor didn't say anything and just nodded his head with a smirk.

"Okay, well, do you guys want to get some Starbucks or something?" Trevor asked, raising his eyebrows.

Once he mentioned 'Starbucks', I suddenly got a boost of energy.

"Starbucks? Sure!"

Olivia laughed and gave me a nudge.

"Of course Talia would."

With that, Trevor, Olivia, and I began to walk out of the stadium and towards the front gates.

"Oh yeah!" I exclaimed with a chuckle, slightly walking faster than them.

"Let's go meet up with Andrew first. He's at the front, waiting," I explained.

Trevor and Olivia nodded their heads as I continued to pick up the pace, eager to find Andrew.