Falling Back #wattys2017

Chapter Twenty Three

If I thought that prom night was the best night of my life, boy was I wrong. Last night ended up being the best night of my life. The carriage and then the fancy restraint afterwards was amazing. Just being with Mike was amazing. He made me feel really happy

The next morning, I woke up with a huge smile on my face. I felt so happy and great, it didn't even bother me that there was heavy rain pouring down my window and the thunder made the whole house shake. Because as long as I kept the image of Mike in my head, the whole world was full of sunshine

"Geez, you seem happy today" said Dad as he was cooking eggs

I just kept smiling with a skip in my step. I never felt this much happiness in my life. This was a different type of happy that I never felt before

"I think I'm in love" I said "Correct that, I know I'm in love"

"I guess I didn't even need to ask you how your date last night went"

"It was so amazing"

Dad smiled and gave me burnt sunny side up eggs. Sure, my eggs were burnt. However, I was so in love that anything tasted good. Everything would be good. I didn't even care what Hanna, Tracey or Olga had to think or say because I was so happy, nothing mattered. Even if the world was to fall apart today, I would still be happy

"I can promise you that Mike feels the same way" said Dad "I felt just like you after Sonia and I's first date"

"Everything's really coming together in this mission. I used to dread it so much and now, it led me to fall in love"

Dad sighed and I saw the worried expression on his face as he stopped eating his eggs "This missions not over yet"

"It sort of is" I said "Now that Mike and I are in love, he won't kill himself so I completed the mission early"

It was true, I really did complete the mission early. Sure, I made a lot of mistakes along the way but in the end, it all worked out. I was looking forward to the amazing life that laid ahead of us. It's probably going to be amazing considering that God pulled a lot of strings to make sure this mission happens. God was right the whole time

"Sarah" started Dad "The mission is going to be successful but there is one more hurtle you have to jump. And it's a big one"

"What's going to happen?" I asked

Dad took a deep breath and put his hand in his hands "Just go to school, okay?"

"Is it going to be bad?" I asked

"Just go to school"

I looked at Dad in utter confusion and then got out of my chair to put my rain boots on. Dad was still upset when I walked out the door

Sure, Dad seemed to worry too much but I wasn't even worried about myself. I felt as if nothing would ever happen to me as long as Mike was by my side and he's going to stay by my side, forever. Not that I would force him to, he would anyways. Point is, I'm too in love to worry

I was all giddy when I walked into school. I never was that excited to go to school. Sure, I knew I had to go but it didn't mean that I didn't stop myself from falling asleep in the classes. Also, I hated doing homework and when I get to school, I'm just overwhelmed with homework. But today, I was really excited to go to school because I knew that Mike was going to be there. Anywhere Mike is an amazing place to be unless it's in the Burger Barn

Surprisingly, I didn't see Mike in the hallway. He was always in the hallway during the morning. Especially since I'm always in the hallway in the morning. I looked at his locker and no one was there. His locker looked as if it has never been open. Why wasn't Mike here?