Beyond Our Wildest Imaginations

Chapter Eight: Sarah Thompson

The summer ends and the school starts. I'm now in tenth grade. Chris, Dustin, Michael and I are still together, Dylan was moved to another class and Skye is still in my class. Expect her going to Dylan's class all the time. (sighs) My grades were still okay and I expect something to happen this year. Something good and something memorable. I still don't know what it is but I'll be waiting.

Every year we have this sports events and this year, I decided to join the basketball event. Like I said, i'm no pro. I'm just there to show some skills for Skye since she's also my teammate in our team. So I played, for about 5 minutes. Only scored 4 points. Wow. Four? Two were just freethrows. We won the game, 45-39. My team finished second place.

Finally, a competition where we could sing anything. We're free to cover any song and compose a song. I eventually asked Skye if she and I can have a duet.

"Skye!!!!! You wanna have a duet with me? For the competition?"

"Arthur!!!! I was about to ask the same thing."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"You wanna compose or we could cover a song."

"I was thinking we can just cover a song, Arthur."

"That sounds great. What song then?"

"How about, All of Me by John Legend?"

"Yes!!! I'd love to cover that with you."

Skye and I went on with All of Me. Chris was our guitar guy and Dustin was our piano guy. A lot of students cheered for us and we won first prize! This was the memorable moment I was waiting for.

Fast forward to our prom, April 2014. I was part of the set design committee where we will design the hallways, the gymnasium and also the entrance to our school. The tenth, eleventh and twelfth graders were in this prom and I'm really excited for this.
It was a Monday and our prom was this Saturday. I'm gonna ask Skye to go out to prom with me. I'll take my chances......

"Would you like to go to prom with me, Skye?"

"Sorry, Arthur, but Dylan asked me first."

"No problem."

Yeah, you know what they say..Monday sucks!!! Since I am part of the design committee, I had to stay for two hours starting tomorrow until Friday. I had no choice but to be part of this committee, I was chosen. So the ones who were also part were Dustin, Sarah (the top in our batch), Arnold (the quiet one), Austin (the athlete) and Trish (the cheerleader). The six of us bonded together and being part of this committee isn't bad afterall. It'll be our first prom and this is another memory to keep. I stumbled upon Sarah and the materials she was carrying fell on the floor. I picked it up for her and she said thanks. She's beautiful and cute but I never felt attracted to her until now. Her soft cheeks, sparkly eyes, straight hair and her braces fits her. Oh, Sarah......

"Sorry about that, Arthur."

"Oh, no..it's alright. I'll just carry this for you...where you headed?"

"To the basketball court, I was going to place these cartolina on the wall."

"Oh, okay...what are these cartolinas for?"

"It's just for the candidates for prom king and queen..the most handsome and the most beautiful....and all that..."

"Ha, Skye's here...."

"Yeah...Skye....."

"Why aren't you here, Sarah?"

"Me? Why me?"

"Oh, come on...you're beautiful...cute...smart..."

"No one's ever said that to me.."

"But I did."

"Thanks, Arthur. You just made my day."

"And I can place these cartolinas for you..."

"Haha..thanks....hey would you mind if you and I could have....some milk tea?"

"Haha, sure!" That's where Sarah and I had that long conversation. I think I'm in love. Again. So I have no chance with Skye and Lauren is just a friend...maybe I have a chance with Sarah?