Fictional Truth

How It All Happened

It's her. As a quadcopter flies over my head, I spot her. Easily the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. She lands the quadcopter in front of me with practised ease. At that moment, I felt an intense longing- a desire greater than I thought I could feel- to be with her. To know her better than anyone else, to be by her side for ever. She looks up and smiles as I approach, is she smiling at me? I look beside me and see Corey, wearing his immaculate uniform. I must admit, he cut a striking figure; she must have been looking at him instead.

"Great job, Hailey," he takes the words right out of my mouth. "You're a natural."

"Thanks," she gushes. Is she blushing?

Jonathan hands me the controls to the other quad. I spy Corey showing another person how to take off and I do it instantly, flying high over everyone's heads and around the field. Mr. F, our teacher and overseer, tells me to go through some movements. After flying a few minutes, I land it in front of myself perfectly. Corey is trying to guide a resistant Ryan through the landing process. He's not listening to Corey, the quad is heading towards them and fast. Corey tries to yank the controls from him, but gets shoved to the ground.

"I know how to do this Corey!" Shouts Ryan.

Hailey steals the controls while he's distracted and manages to pull it away from them before it hit. I was awestruck, staring at her, and didn't realize that it was now heading right for me.

"Clark, duck!"

"What Hailey?"

Then I see it. Too late, I hit the dirt. The quad clips my shoulder, rather than my head that was in the air just a second before. My head smacks into the ground and everything goes black.