My Masterpiece

I was an art major in collage.

I chose art because...well I don't really know.

I just find everything around me unique and beautiful.Everything to me can become art.

Nature, Cities, Places, Buildings, Shows, Cars, People, Food, and many more.

Today my friend Jake brought me to this art gallery in town. Since there were going to reveal a new piece.

So I decided to go, but I haven't heard of this artist the piece belongs to.

"Hey, um...Jake, who's the artist?" I asked

"Oh her name is Natalia Baker. I've heard that she has never shown her face to the public before." Jake said with enthusiasm.

"So I'm guessing you brought me here today, because she is also revealing her face." I said with a blank expression.

"Yeah I didn't want to be alone, so I thought why not bring you" He said while sheepishly smiling.

"Well I'm going to the bathroom, see ya." Jake turned around and went to another part of the gallery.

I decided to walk around and explore this gallery. I've never really been here so there were many new and interesting paintings and sculptures.

I stopped in front of a small painting. The painting was a scenery of a forest with many different bright colors.

"Natalia Baker where have I heard that name before?" I thought to myself. "No way. It can't be who I think it is-" My thinking was cut off short when a young woman's voice said my name.

"Dennis? Is that you?!" a young brunette woman asked me.

"Um..sorry to be rude, but do I know you?" I asked her quite embarrassed that I would forget someone that I probably know.

"It's me Natalia Baker." she said pointing at herself.

"Wait? The artist!? But how do I know her"  I thought to myself. I was going to ask her but she answered like she read my mind.

"I was in every one of your art courses in collage. I knew you probably won't remember since its been almost three years." she said smiling.

"Wait, The  Natalia, geeky glasses and colorful braces Natalia?!" I say astonished.

"Yup that's me." she said gleefully while popping the "p"

She looked completely different now. She got rid off the glasses and colorful braces. She matured into a beautiful woman.

Maybe that's why I fell in love with her.

Yeah I've loved her for a long time and I still do, but never had the courage to ask her out.

"It's so nice to see you again after all this time." she smiled

"Y-yeah" I stuttered. I was probably blushing so hard that I'm redder than a tomato by now.

"Shit" I heard her mutter.

"What?" I looked at her.

"Sorry, I have to go the presentation of the piece I'm revealing is about to start in 5 minutes, bye" she waved and ran to another part of the gallery.

"Hey Dennis c'mon the painting is about to be revealed" Jake came out nowhere. He led me the same direction Natalia went earlier and I followed.

We arrived where the stage was. On it was a podium to the right side, and what I'm guessing is the painting which is covered with a piece of cloth and in the center of the stage.

We sat down in the third row. It was decent view of the stage, but I can see the podium clearly. So I would still be able to see Natalia.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen." a middle aged woman said in a clear loud voice at the podium.

"We have a special guest today revealing one of her new pieces."

"I welcome Natalia Baker."

Everyone started to clap as she walked on stage smiling, not looking nervous at all.

"Hello everybody my name is Natalia Baker. As all of you know I'm an artist."

"My painting was inspired by many things. Nature, society, many and I mean many romance movies." she chuckled. "But the biggest and main inspiration for this painting is Love."

She walked over to the covered piece, an reveals her new creation.

Her painting was beautiful but simple. It presented two students-highschool or collage to be exact-standing under a tunnel while holding hands and looking at each other. It was a romatic scene no matter how simple,and the color scheme made it seem even more romantic.

I felt something happen in my heart when my first love said those words.

"I created this piece because I will soon be marrying the man I love." she smiled gleefully.

That "Something" I felt in my heart,

It was my heart Shattering.

"Thank you everyone for coming here tonight to see my new piece. Goodnight." she walked off stage to a man, and hugged him. I'm guessing that's her fiance.

Everyone was congratulating her, but I just stayed sitting in my chair not moving.

I was only  looking at her.

She was the love of my life.

She was- no is beautiful and unique.

She is something, someone that is art.

Someone that is just now a dream.

Someone that I can Never be with.

She was like a Masterpiece.

My....Masterpiece.

FIN

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