Falling Back #wattys2017

Chapter Fifteen

I knew that Olga was going to do something to ruin my chances of Yale. So last night, I wrote down all the questions I could remember from the exam and studied my mother's old textbook. I know that I am ready for the test. Sure, I wish the test wasn't today but tomorrow will be even better after a night of studying

Today I decided to walk to school. The weather was a lot cooler than yesterday with a snapping cold breeze. It's actually not too unusual to have a cool day in May. The strong breezes were really nothing comparing to the weather I have to walk through in the winter. Walking to school is only fun when there isn't mountains of snow I have to climb over

I was prepared for a rather easy going day with me not caring so much about Olga. Honestly, I was so over fear. Until a huge ominous cloud dipped down from the sky and starting to swirl. I knew from prior knowledge that this is how Steve enters when he wants to talk to me outside but I still get a little frightened that a tornado is coming. The cloud just looks so much like a tornado and it is a rather cold day and yesterday was a warm day. Maybe it's not Steve

"Don't worry Sarah" said Steve as he stepped out of the viscous cloud "It's just me"

"How could I be relieved?" I asked "You coming always means that a bad thing is going to happen to me"

Any teenage girl would be excited to see father time in person and Steve was the good guy. I just started to fear about what he wanted to tell me. Especially after the dramatic entrance

"The problem is not me" said Steve "The problem is you"

"What's going on? Is it Mike again?" I cried

"Let me just start by saying that this mission has been going rather good so far for you, right? I mean, you found a friend and crush in Mike, you made him happy enough. Honestly, it's getting kind of boring seeing this mission go as nicely as it is"

"Why are you here?"

Steve took a deep breath as he bowed his head down. He looked so tense. This got me thinking the most horrific thoughts about Mike killing himself or Mike dying

"I'm here to warn you Sarah" started Steve "You're about to make a humongous mistake"

"I thought you couldn't tell the future"

"I can't, but God can and he told me yesterday that the missions going to get a lot worse for you. He didn't want to add more stress to you by telling you but I'm telling you anyways"

So I'm about to make a mistake and the mission is going to get a lot worse. As stupid as it sounds, I actually thought the mission was pretty bad so far. I didn't need another problem but my gut is telling me that this is the climax of the mission. And I didn't need a climax

"What's the mistake I'm going to make?" I asked

"If I tell you, I'll get fired" said Steve "And I'm saving up for a sports car"

I understood that Steve couldn't tell me. But sports cars in heaven?! Cool!

"Okay but, am I going to be okay?"

"Sometimes, you have to have faith" said Steve

Then, the tornado like cloud swooped Steve off the ground and the tornado rose quickly to the sky. After about five minutes, the tornado cloud was gone and the cloudy sky turned into sun

I was extremely worried about what the hard part of the mission was going to be. Is my life in danger? Maybe it will be like those movies where there is a huge fight with light savers and explosions. Or it will be like one of those movies that ends in a tragedy as the father cries over the daughter's grave. I didn't know how it would turn out. But by the end of the day, I'll know. And if I still don't know, I could ask my dad