The Exchange Student

art vs soccer

A/N- the picture up top is the art Macey will be displaying. Shout out to who ever drew these. Their amazing.

Its Tuesday lunchtime and I need to find Mrs Berry to make sure my art works all in order.

The art display is this afternoon and Im freaking out.

This is a huge deal to me and Mrs Berry said it could be a courier starter.

I soon spotted her walking down one of the halls and quickly caught up to her.

"Mrs Berry?" I said catching up to her.

"Ahh yes Miss Collings, what can I do for you?" She asked still walking.

"Was my art good enough, I know it was only three pieces but I thought it would be enough?" I asked walking beside her.

"I think theyre perfect. The way you blended the colours in the flower piece I thought was really well done." She said.

"Thank you." I said.

We carried on talking about the art display when someone came up from behind me and rapped their arms around my waiste.

I instintly knew it was Connor and grabbed his hands while Mrs Berry was talking to me.

"Hey Miss." Connor said interupting our conversation.

"Hello Connor. Getting better at art are we?" She asked changing the subject.

"Nah, but Macey here is really good." He said giving me a squeeze.

"Yes I know, and hopefully people will be able to see that this afternoon." She said winking at me.

"What?" Connor asked confused about what she was on about.

You see the problem is I havent told Connor.

Not because I didnt want him to know, but because this afternoon at the same time is his big soccer final. And I forgot.

"Well I better get going but Ill see you afterwards Macey." Mrs Berry said walking to her class.

I awkwardly smiled at her and walked to my locker, with Connor walking behind me, fulled with confusion.

"Whats this afternoon?" He asked.

I opened my locker and tried not making eye contact with him, which was hard because I could feel him staring at me.

"An art display for schools all around England and I was invited to show off some of my work." I said not looking at him.

"Thats amazing, why didnt you tell me?" He asked with a huge smile on his face.

"Because I forgot about you big final and its at the same time." I said guilty.

"Oh, well what are you going to do?" Connor asked sadly.

"Well I cant give up this opportunity. Professional artists come to these things and I could get reconised." I explained.

Connor didnt say anything for a while which killed me on the inside.

"I understand. You go to your art display." He finally spoke.

I stepped closer to him and put my hand behind his head and ruffled his hair a little.

"You okay?" I asked looking up in his deep blue eyes.

"Yeah I just really wanted you to come, you know, see me kick some ass." He smirked trying not to show his sadness.

I shyly smiled and kissed him on the lips.