The Military Girl

Amo Te

"No, no, no!" For the third time today, I was being yelled at by my drama teacher. I may have gotten the part of Aurora, but she did not like how I was acting.

"It's ok, Olive." Jade said. She had covered herself, head to toe, in everything green. She said it was to get into character. She even dyed her hair green.

"I'll get it." I said. "No worries. I can do this." She grabbed my hands and started jumping up and down.

"This is how Devon keeps his head in the game. Jump with me." She said. "Jump, Olive! Jump!"

"Start from the top!" The director yelled again.

Jade stopped jumping and rushed over to the other side of the stage.

I sighed. I flipped my hair. I lightly tiptoed across the stage, sighing as though I was in love.

"She's in love!" Jade said.

"Oh no." Gretchen Moana, who was playing Flora, acted.

"That's not good." Ana Peckins, who was playing Merryweather, said he line.

"Why?" I continued the script. "I'm sixteen."

"You're already betrothed." Gretchen told me.

"I am?" I thought being in this play would be fun, but repeating a Disney movie line for line sucks the fun out of watching that movie.

The bell rang, which saved me from repeating anymore lines. I sighed.

"Thank you." I looked up to Heaven and thanked God.

"Eep!" Jade jumped in front of me. "That is so fun! I love, love, love doing this. My goodness, this is fun! Isn't this fun? It's so fun!"

"Right." I said. "So much fun." Luckily Jade didn't understand sarcasm. She thought everyone was positive.

"Let's go watch our boys play basketball!" She grabbed my hand. "Together!" I grabbed my backpack off a chair as Jade, with one hand in front of her, led me through the school.

"We have arrived!" Jade announced us when we burst into the gym. The basketball players looked at us.

"There's my girl!" Devon ran up to Jade. I quickly got out of Jade's grip before she and her boyfriend starting kissing. I held up my hand so I couldn't see them. I threw my backpack on a bleacher.

A pair of hands covered my eyes.

"I'm British and attractive." Harry said.

"Are you Benedict Cumberbatch?" I giggled.

"No. Haha." Harry spun me around. "It's your boyfriend!"

"Oh, right. Benedict Cumberbatch doesn't know I exist." I joked. He stuck his tongue out at me.

"Get out on that court, Harry." I hit his arm. "Make me proud, you dork."

He clicked his tongue and winked at me. I laughed a little. I sat down and pulled out my script. It was hard to concentrate with the whistle blowing and squeaking shoes. I looked up occasionally. I liked to watch Harry run back and forth. Every time I looked up, Jade would push my head back down.

Jade wanted me to focus on my script. Harry and I hadn't been spending too much time together. He had a lot of practice, and I had rehearsals. I missed him. We had our classes together, but it wasn't enough. I wanted to be with him more.

If I had more plans for revenge, than maybe I would be spending more time with him.

The coach blew his whistle again and I jumped a little. I sighed, realizing no one was about mug me.