I Finally Found You

Chapter 3: In High School

Chapter 3: In High School

How could I even forget? He was the love of my life.

In that split second, all the memories flashed back.

It was the first day of high school and I was very excited. I was now all grown up. I smiled in front of the mirror, pleased to see myself wearing a new school uniform. I wasn’t nervous at all. Well, at least I wasn’t before I actually went to school.

When I entered my new school and saw many students, my hands started to sweat. I was like that during the whole morning before recess.

When recess came, my only seatmate, since I was on the far left end of the room, chatted with me and we immediately became good friends. She was Amy.

Every day, Amy and I would hang out in the garden after school. After a week, Amy and I became close friends with a classmate named Britney. Britney was simple and we got along despite her being rich. She was very humble.

Neither Britney nor Amy knew it but I was already having a crush on someone. I didn’t have the nerve to tell them because I was sure that they would laugh at me or tease me about it.

I didn’t even know his name. All I know is that he was tall and was very kind. I saw him helping an old lady and a group of young kids cross the street on different occasions. I thought nice guys like that were now extinct but he proved me wrong.

In the middle of the school year, Britney invited us to a sleepover. I had to beg my strict parents to let me join in the fun and thankfully, they agreed to it.

Britney’s house was bigger than what I imagined it to be. Only Amy and I were invited to the sleepover. We both felt so welcome.

We were inside Britney’s pink room, which was the same size as our living room, and picked the chick flick we were going to watch. It was still early in the afternoon and we were already having this much fun.

We picked Titanic and prepared for those tearful scenes. When the movie was almost over, there was a light knock on the door. Britney pressed pause as Jack was now frozen and Rose was calling his name. All our eyes were now puffed due to crying so hard.

“What is it?” Britney asked with a shaky voice.

“Dinner’s ready. Mom said we’ll all eat at the dinner table and bring your friends,” answered a manly voice.

“Okay. We’re almost done here. We’ll be right there in 10 minutes, more or less,” said Britney.

“Okay. We’ll wait for you.”

“Who was that?” Amy asked.

“It’s my big brother, Blake. He’s a junior. Now, let’s finish this,” Britney answered and pressed play.

After about 10 minutes, Rose reached for Jack’s hand as they were now reunited in the Titanic in the afterlife. With that, we all wiped our eyes and proceeded to the dining room.