Eternal Wings (Draft/ Original)

Chapter 10: Friday Night

Three days have passed and all I’ve done was practicing, practicing and doing exam work. Today is friday. The day that Emily and I have our competition. I wasn’t excited or scared at all. In fact I was regretting that I made a weird bet.

Friday, 5:30pm

Because the school was closed, Emily had to make some “adjustment”. There was a big stage in the backyard and looks like ALL her neighbors were her friends. Sky and Kanna were getting ready for my costume, which I don’t know it yet. Meanwhile, Fredric and Kei are setting up the stage and making adjustments so nothing goes wrong. I wanted to help but they all said, “NO! YOU HAVE TO REST YOUR VOICE! TRY TO AVOID TALKING TO PEOPLE. JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING TO US!” and they all went away. I could still hear their voices in my head. Luckily, Kei was able to make my song into mp3 and saved it to my phone. To make things clear, I’m just sitting down, listening to my own voice, being bored.

It was almost time to start the show the show but Kanna and Sky didn't arrive yet. The place was so crowded that I couldn't see the stage!

"Are you nervous," asked Kei removing my headphones. His face was so close. Plus he suddenly came from the back and I almost slipped out of my chair.

"Of course not," I said in a wavy voice.

    I saw Kei's bright smile for the first time. He would always look in another direction or just be in a poker face. I think I'm exaggerating.

"Come with me," he reached out a hand.

    Without saying anything I got up and accepted his hand. We started to walk near the entrance of the door where Kanna and Sky were waiting.

"Here's your costume," said Kanna with a big smile.

"Have a blast you two. Thanks so much, I owe you one," I said to Kanna and Sky.

"Change up stairs, I have the perfect idea," said Kei leading me.

    I wasn't sure what his plan was but I can trust him for sure. I went into the guest room and changed inside the restroom. The dress has a long skirt behind and short skirt in front. It was spaghetti-straps and a golden ribbon around the waist. I was wearing long white gloves for the first time with a warm, stylish jacket. It was very comfortable. But one thing bothered me, my hair was a mess. So I just removed my hair tie, letting my hair fall down.

"Are you ready," I heard Kei's voice outside.

"I'm a bit nervous though," I lightly put my hand on the door knob not wanting to come out.

Suddenly this huge slam on the door! The door quickly opened and I saw that Kanna and Gabby were there.

"Come out of there right now," they shouted pulling my hand.

   With their force, pushing me outside, I lost my balance and made a terrible mistake… I was in Fredric's hands and his face was like 1.5 inches apart! For the first time, I've realized that Fredric had pure brown eyes and looked very mature than before. Both our eyes widen and I think his face turned hiding his blush from me.

I gently pushed him away, "Watch where you're going, Fredric."

"That's my line," he replied back.

"All part of the plan," I heard two girls giggling from the back.

    I looked at them with the "what do you think your doing" face and they replied with "hehe" face.

The show began and I went straight to the balcony

As I looked from the balcony, Emily was up first. The stage was huge and the crowd went wild. All the people there were my batch mates. Emily began singing and singing till her heart contents. To tell you the truth I wasn’t that much into singing and I know my voice suck but I can’t back down now. My friends were depending on me.

“Relax,” I heard a voice coming from the back.

I wanted to turn back but his head coming closer to mine made me stay still. It was Kei.

“What am I suppose to do, Emily has a big entry and a very huge start,” I said.

“All you have to do is to sing from this balcony leading downstairs to the stage and everything will be just as planned,” he whispered to my right ear.

“If you say so,” I said looking at the stairs that leaded to the stage.

“Thanks for your trust. You know what, you didn’t change a bit since the last time I saw you,” said Kei.

There was a bit of pause there. I thought for a moment trying to remember Kei. It was hopeless. Then Sky and Kanna broke the ice.

“It’s almost time,” they both said.

Kanna handed me a very cute rabbit stuff toy that reminded me about Alice in Wonder Land. I loved Alice’s adventure, especially the manga version but why in the world did they bring the rabbit from Wonderland? Fredric and Kei dashed downstairs going to their position wherever it was but I lost sight of them by the crowd. Kanna and Sky also went down stairs heading towards Gabby.

 I was ready for my stage to begin. Open the Curtains!