A Whole New Life; Book 2: Alone

Chapter 33

Aqua's POV

I'm so glad school is finished for the week. I have archery practice now. Archery is one of the things that takes my mind off of things besides art. I grab all my stuff and bow and sheath of arrows and head out to the field. I put all my other stuff down and stand in front of a target with my bow in my hand and sheath of arrows slung over my shoulder. I wait for the other four archers that made it to the team. After they came, the archery instructor came.

"Okay. Archers, prepare your arrows," says the instructor. I grab an arrow from the sheath and pull it back to my cheek. Some of the others are having difficulty with preparing their arrows.

"Good. But you need to be more quick about it like Aqua," says the instructor. All the others give me the evil eye. Hey, it's not my fault I'm so good at this. I've only shot arrows at my door to get people to go away. I guess I got some experience and practice from that. The there was the time we had the Jessie cast members were visiting and Jen and Josh exposed my archery skills and I had to show them.

"Now release your arrows," the instructor says. I release my arrow and it plants itself in the middle of the target. The others release their arrows and only one of them gets their arrow in the middle of the target. Jackson.

"Looks like you got some competition, Aqua. Those who missed the bullseye, sit down and watch how it's done," says the instructor. Jackson shoots first and gets bullseye in his target. I shoot and get bullseye in my target.

"Switch targets," says the instructor. Jackson and I switch targets. Jackson looks at me with an evil smile. I focus on anger until I feel my iris colour turn blood red. Jackson looks at me with fear and turns back to his target. I smile with triumph and turn back to my target. He'll forget it. I think to myself.

"Jackson. See if you can get your arrow in the same spot on the bullseye," says the instructor. Jackson aims for my arrow in the bullseye and misses the arrow by a few centimeters.

"Aqua, your up now," says the instructor. I grab an arrow from my sheath with swift speed and prepare the arrow. I release the arrow and it splits the first arrow as it plants itself in the exact same area in the bullseye.

"How did you...?" asks Jackson but I cut him off.

"I honestly don't know. I guess this kind of stuff isn't for all of us," I say.

"Practice is over. You are free to leave," says the instructor. I grab all my stuff and run home in hopes of not running into the four boys. The good new is, I just got home and didn't see any sign of those four boys. I go upstairs to my room and drop my bag onto the floor. I go onto my laptop and start working on the slide show. I add the theme music using the song A Thousand Years by Christina Perry. I use some sort of device and put it in front of the laptop and projector to make the slide show play all over the walls. I play the slide show and it appears all over the walls. I smile big.

"Jen! Josh! You need to come see this!" I shout from my room. I stop this slide show and rewind it to the beginning. Jen and Josh walk into my room and stand there.

"What is it?" asks Jen. I close the door, turn off the lights, close the curtains and run back over to my laptop. I play the slide show and pictures show up on the walls everywhere as the song plays. Jen and Josh look at the pictures of my memories with Cameron. I let the whole slide show play and when it finishes, Jen and Josh look at me.

"Aqua...you did all of this?" asks Josh. I nod.

"I wanted to do something for Cameron for when he comes back to show him how much I love him," I say. I can't wait for next month. Cameron comes home in one month. When he comes back, I can reunite with him.