The Key to My Heart

My entry for the #DreamPromposal contest.

Prom is probably my least favorite time of year.

I watch big promposals occur at school, everyone making a scene with posters and balloons and chocolates and big stuffed animals. Meanwhile, I just try to block it all out and forget that the guy I wish would ask me was way out of my league.

So, while other girls are buying fancy dresses and expensive shoes, I retreat to my basement and sit down in front of my piano.

I wait for my parents and siblings to leave the house.

I wait till silence takes over my home and my cat Chestnut curls up by my feet.

I wait for the song that relates to me most comes to my mind.

And then, and only then, do I play the starting keys and open my mouth to allow a beautiful melody to escape my lips.

Of course, I only do this when I am alone. I would rather shrivel up and crawl into a dark hole than sing in front of another human being. So I would always wait until I was completely alone before I would open my mouth and sing.

Except, this time, I didn't realize I was not alone.