The Last Dance

2. Sun In The Sky

//April//

There were just so many people, and you still aren't here yet.

Be here soon, be here soon.

I paced my steps towards the other end of the hall.

1, 2, 3, okay. 10 more steps.

I've always loved this spot here, the one right next to the giant windows; the sunlight always illuminated some sort of serenity upon them: sunshine gleaming on brown wood. I reached for the book I brought for you, Eleanor and Park. It should be the third time I've read it but it still grips all the rawest emotions in me; and I could only hope that it would speak all of them to you when you read it.

Maybe then you'll hear my thoughts.

//August//

I lifted my bags a little higher and tightened my grip on them as I stood before the glass door.

Deep breaths, Deep breaths. Don't mind who's inside, just look for her.

I really hope I didn't keep her waiting too long.

Wait for me April, wait for me.

I'm coming.

I walked towards it and pushed it open. The cold air escaped the building, brushing against my cheeks as I walked in. It only made me more nervous.

As I stood inside, trying my best to look confident. I realized the place was huge and there were so many people. They all seemed like they already knew each other, they were all saying their hi's and chatting away in the middle of the hallway where there were round tables placed. My left leg began took a step forward then my right, back to my left and before I knew it I was walking through the hallway clueless and lost. Outcast. I felt like an outcast.

Snap out of it. Okay, you got this. Remember, deep breaths.

I walked further down, my eyes darting in every direction and zooming in to as many faces as I could handle.

Nope not her.

Not her.

Nope.

That hair, I felt myself smile.

Oh, it isn't her. My eyes searched around again.

Where could she be? Was she still at the mall?

I went to register myself.

Oh wow, I'm in Bus 1 and and my name is first on the list!

It really wasn't anything big but I was excited to tell her about it. That was one thing about us, we could tell each other anything- even down to littlest ones. They gestured me to a hall to leave my luggage. I could have checked her bus too, but I didn't. In the back of my head, something told me-

What if we aren't in the same bus.. What a start to camp that would be. I couldn't help but roll my eyes.

Hold on to hope, she'd probably say.

I walked out of the room, determined on shutting everything out. My mind only focused on finding her.

I guess this leaves me no choice but to call her, even though surprising her could have been super nice.

I slide my hand into my pocket to pulled out my phone.

Click

Tap

Tap

Tuut Tuut

//April//

My phone buzzed in my pocket and I picked it up- holding my breath.

"Hey," Is it possible to sound like you're smiling like an idiot?

"Where are you?" you say.

Stuck on a brown chair with a book in hand, being a loner, thinking about your eyes- wait, that's not the question. Answer him, quick.

"I'm at the far left, the place with the chairs," I got up and turned-

and my eyes met yours.

For a moment, I felt the world slowed down as I tried to recall the last time I had seen you, and how you looked different today- the kind of different that moved something inside of me. To my surprise, my last string of sanity manages to get my arm to wave at you even though my head was in the clouds. You smiled and waved back.

You're here, here, like really here. Okay, you'll probably take way lesser steps than me, and you probably don't count them either.. And you looked so-

'Beautiful. Breathtaking. Like the person in a Greek myth who makes one of the gods stop caring about being a god.' [Eleanor and Park]

You settled next to me, and caught my gaze and smiled again; I must have looked so dazzled because the next thing I knew was that you started to tilt your head slightly, and gosh

I think my heart just exploded.

//August//

I found you, April. Finally.

Everything happened so quick and all of the sudden I'm right by her side.

Its surprisingly attractive that she was just sitting by herself reading- but she must think that I would see her as a loner sitting all alone in a place like that, which was not the case. I wonder if she did it on purpose sometimes.

I watched her close her book.

I can't believe I'm actually going to camp with her. It could've been anyone but, her out of everyone. I was so thankful and glad, probably why I can't stop smiling.

And she smiled back too.