A Love Somewhere Down the Road

A Love Somewhere Down the Road

By: Ellehcar Sendra

"Falling in love is like falling asleep while classes are going on...you were not supposed to...but you did!"

                                                                                                                                                            -Xander

            "Go Mickey! I know that you can make it!" said Mickey to herself as she wipes her eyes after a long sleep. "Oh my God! It's almost 5:30 am... I will be late. Today is my first day in college." Mickey immediately rushed herself to the bathroom to take her cold bath even without taking in her breakfast yet. She dressed herself with her official school uniform and rushed to the bus station. Her class starts at exactly 7:30am and she needs two hours for her travel. "Oh! My goodness... I will be late! Today is the first day of my class... and I am late. Whew! What a bad start!"

            "Mom, where is my uniform?" shouted Xander which made the entire Montegracia manor awakened. "Xander, be responsible. You are no longer a baby. You need to be independent. Look for it, okay!" his mom replied. "It's ridiculous Mom. I can't take it" said Xander as he acts immaturely. "You have to be independent Mr. Xander Drave Montegracia because you are now in college and five years from now, you will be a man and the successor of Montegracia Group of Companies." "Mom, you know me. Business is not life, I want to be singer and have my own band" said Xander with full of conviction. "Xander, I know that, but you need to be in our business, because someday all our wealth will be yours" said Mrs. Montegracia. "Too much for this mom, I will be late on school. Remember, today is my first day, and I don't want to ruin it. I'll just fix myself and I will go to school" said Xander as he tries to avoid the topic of the conversation. "Okay! Honey, good luck and God bless you!" said his mother while leaving his room. "Mom, I will bring my car!" he shouted asking permission from his mother. "Drive safely Xander!”

            "Holy cow! It's almost 7:30 am, I am still here and waiting for a bus. My God! I'm dead!" said Mickey as she looked at her wristwatch worrying and patiently waiting for a bus. All the buses that passed by are fully occupied. Mickey, powered by her desire not to be late on that day, had decided to walk to the main road and look for another way on how she will get a ride to her school. While waiting on the sidewalk, a car rushed on the road and splashed dirt on her uniform. In her anger, she threw a stone to the car and hit the windshield. "Hey! You... how dare you to do that! Don't you know how much is this?” shouted the man as he gets down from his car. "How could you say that, you bastard? Don't you see how you ruined my first day of class? Look at my uniform! It is full of dirt, how could I go to my class with this kind of look, huh?" yelled Mickey which attracts the attention of the other people on the sidewalk. "I don't care. It's your problem and fault. I didn't command you to stand up here and get dirt from my car. So, if you will excuse me, I have to go. It's already 8am and I am totally late. So goodbye Ms. Amazona!" said the man as he gives his biggest and sarcastic grin. "Hey! Come back you monster! I hate you! Curse you!" yelled Mickey at the top of her lungs. "What should I do now, I need to go to school but my uniform is full of dirt. Hah! It won't stop me! Go Mickey! I know you can make it!" said Mickey to herself to boost her confidence and her dying hope.

Finally, few minutes later, she had her ride. It was already 9:15 am when she arrived in school. She started to look for her classroom. People keep on looking at her and they kept on laughing as she passes by. Brown stain dirt tinted her pure white uniform and her hair is full of mud. Those things did not stop her from coming to school. When she saw her classroom, she confidently went in. everyone from the room stopped from chitchatting and all their attentions are with her. All of them were shocked upon seeing her. A moment later, terrible laughs were heard from that room since all of the students are laughing at her.