I HOPE

CHAPTER 2

I have no idea how this whole teen show finally got into me, I guess I had to be here for the girls. We were saying hello to every person we knew. Riri looking around to find I don't know who, Hug was on her phone as usual while Nana was just taking selfies. Me? Oh I was just watching. Not just the girls but everybody around. Maybe I'll see a cute guy and just go talk to him and go out together, later get married and have babies then die. Okay maybe we'll just go out and never talk to each other again. What am I talking about? Jesus Christ what am I made of?

You're made of chocolate gold baby, chocolate gold.

I pushed my thoughts away when I saw Hervey, tall as a giraffe, came to my way. He was looking neat and kind of teen-ish. Not that is a problem for me or anything, no no! as long as he cute and all. I got no problem. But I would have a problem if he was my boyfriend, or my husband. Never mind.

"Moana," he said inviting me for a hug. "the girl I missed so much!" he said hugging me.

"ha-ha hey you," I said hugging him back and inhaling his scent. God he smelled good. "how are you? It's been a while."

"yeah, well you know, school and work" he said looking down at me. It's like the sky looking down at the ground. Yeah that's how tall he is.

"as if I didn't have the same situation going on." I said while walking towards the bathroom. No I was not taking him there. Come on I'm not that... fast.

"I know but we have different courses." He said walking behind me. "are you ready for the national exams?" he asked and made my heart jump. I really hated the idea that next year I was doing the national exams. Only if I could skip it, but I can't. because that's what I will need most to continue my studies.

"oh please don't remind me," I rolled my eyes and stopped in front of the girl's bathroom door. "I'm not ready for it." He laughed, "yeah but there's a year so I think you'll be ready in 7 months or so."

I chuckled, "yeah I hope." We stood there staring at each other for what seemed like an eternity. For 10 seconds maximum.

"I have to pee," I said smiling, "I'll be right back."

"yeah," he said rubbing the back of his head. "I'll be waiting here." I nodded and head inside.

The bathroom was neat, surprisingly. I went inside and peed for like 20 minutes. 1-minute maximum. I was done and went to wash my hands while looking at myself in the mirror. I was done washing my hands and stood there looking at myself in the mirror as if I was found out that I was born an alien.

I got out, while whipping my hands for the water to get off, looking around, Hervey was gone. I wonder where he is. Oh perfect, he's gone. He waited for the Rapunzel but the pretty longed-hair girl was taking too long to climb off her tall house. Okay, maybe he just met his friend and decided to get a drink. He'll be back in some minutes. I waited in front of the bathroom door, people passing by walking in, I got bored and decided to check my phone. I took my phone from my pocket and started scrolling down in my messages. Some of my friends texted me asking me if I was going out, some asking how I was, and some weird dudes that I don't even know calling me babe, boo, sweetheart. Ugh I just hate it. I don't even know how they got my number.

I got off my phone after replying to some of my friends that I was going out. I finally got people to go with. I stood there watching the performance. This bathroom has a nice view, I don't have to stand in the middle of those drunk teenagers who'd be stepping on everyone. After what felt like 10 years passed and here came Hervey, out of the bathroom.

"wait what," I said looking at him shocked. "what?" I questioned myself. Now I look just stupid. What is so surprising! I mean this poor cutie probably has diarrhea and here I was thinking that he just left me here.

"oh hey," he said rubbing the back of his head "I didn't know you'd still be here." I fake laughed and said "I thought you left me". "what? Then why are you still here?" he asked looking confused. "because I thought you'd come back"

"oh sorry," he said, "I suddenly had stomach problems." He said rubbing his stomach. See, diarrhea.

"oh, how do you feel now?" I asked looking up at him. "better," he said blushing. I laughed a little, "come on, let's go back. The girls are probably wondering where I am." I said walking to where everybody was.

"Moa, wait" he called back. "let's talk for a while, I missed talking to you anyway." He smiled. I smiled back and walked back to him. I'm not much of a talker but since it's this cutey, then no problem.

We talked and talked, about everything, literally everything. We decided to head back to the audience. The show was going pretty well; everybody was cheering the dancers up. The girls were going crazy shouting. Well I mean they have to benefit it. It was around 9pm, the girls started panicking that they will kill them because they were late. They decided to leave in 10 minutes, we hang out for a while and asked what I was talking with Hervey. We girls never hide anything to each other, anything. The 13 minutes later, I was walking them outside for them to leave. We hugged each other goodbye and told me to have fun. Well; I'm looking forward for it.

I went back inside, I met my friend Carly, and decided to tell others to go out with us. We told them and finally we decided where to go. I said my goodbyes to my friends that I met at the show, to Hervey and that we'll talk during that week.

We headed to a club near, it was going pretty well, not so much people were there. We started drinking and dancing, cuties were there, ugliness, old and young people. We would go to the dancefloor, dance and go back to sit to get some rest.

"oh my God," Carly said taking a sit, "I'm so tired." "girl, you have no idea" I said taking next to her.

"I'm so drunk," Maja said doing some dance moves. We all laughed and continued sipping to our drinks. As we sat, still resting, looking around, I saw three guys in dashiki(African shirts), two black guys and one white guy. I laughed to myself. "hey, what's up?" Sammy asked laughing at me, "did you just laugh out of nowhere?" she said and they all laughed.

"no, it's what I just saw," I said and laughed again. They all laughed, we all laughed together. Drinking effects.

As I looked back to show them what I was laughing at, the guys were gone. Now that's strange. Are they ghosts or I'm way too drunk?

"but where are they?" Carly asked still laughing, "are you that drunk?", they all laughed again.

"no," I laughed too, "they were just there" I saidpointing at their direction. They laughed again which made me laugh again. We decidedto go back dancing off this drunkenness.