My Story
In the Fine Arts Academy,
a Confession, Made!
"Liz wake up!!! It's time for school!!!!!". The sun is up, the rays shone through my window to my face. I opened my eyes slowly meeting the sun's bright rays and hearing my mom screaming, "Liz get up already!!! You'll be late!!!". "I'm up, I'm up!!!! Sheesh....." I slowly got out of my fluffy blue bed, and strolled to my bathroom. I washed my face with freezing, cold water. "Another day, another chapter." I said to myself at the mirror. I walked back to my room and stared at the poster of Mika Izumi, my favorite graphic novelist, hanging on the wall near my dresser. "Good morning Mika-san! May your great works touch my creativity again today." Then I went to my closet to get my uniform and get ready for school. As I put on the dress and fixed my poncho and ribbon, I got a tiny peek at my clock to see what time it is. "What? It's 7:30 already???!!!! I'm Late!!!!" I hurried up fixing my ribbon, put on my beret, and snatched my bag while running out of my room and down to the kitchen, snatched a piece of toast and ran to the door. "Hey Liz!" Max, my brother, called. "What? I'm in a hurry you know? So make it quick!" "You forgot your manuscript." He handed out a thick pile of paper. "You'll fail if you don't have this right?" "Oh! I almost forgot! Thanks! I'm going now!" I got the manuscript from him and ran out of the door.
Well, the truth is, I'm not really late. School still starts at 8:30 and the school is a 15- minute walk from my house. The school's name is, "Fine Arts Academy". It's a prestigious school for students who are gifted with artistic and musical abilities. I'm part of the grapghic class where we draw designs for clothes, structures of buildings, and drawing comics for entertainment. I'm part of the comic section where we learn techniques on how to draw characters and background and how to fix the box of each part, and we draw comics as our project and only requirement to pass the class. It's never boring in our class since we could act the way we are and express ourselves more. My group and I, as the main illustrator, are now working on a graphic novel for our school as a huge project to pass this final term. You see, my dream is to make a graphic novel that is as interesting, overwhelming,inspiring, and breathtaking as Mika-san's and have people, of all ages, enjoy it. So, why did I rush out of the house when I'm not late you ask? Well, I have to go to the town and pick up some stuff from the store for school purposes and go to my friends house and wait for him so that we could walk to school together.
"Hey Liz! Good morning!" he shouted as he went out of the door, carrying his guitar with him. "'Morning Alex! You ready?" I asked. "Yup! Let's go!". Alex is part of the musical section and is part of the school's band. He's the lead guitarist and vocal of the band. Alex and I have been friends since kindergarten and we would always go to the same school and class during elementary and middle school. We would always go to school together, eat lunch together, and walk home together. We enjoy each others company alot, especially me. There was never a day when I missed a day without walking to school without him. If it did happen I don't know what I'd do. You see, I've harbored feelings for him since fifth grade. That was the time when I needed help the most. My beloved cat died in a car accident, my grades dropped, I always get billied, and my parents weren't even around, they were in another country, working. I thought I was alone and about to breakdown but then one afternoon, when I was at the park crying, he started to play his guitar and sang my favorite song to make me feel better. Even if his playing wasn't that good yet, it still made me feel good inside. Then, after the song, he hugged me and said, "Stop crying now ok? If you still cry, it would make me sad and cry too. I'm here by your side, always." With those words that he said, I felt better than ever and that's where all my feelings began. But I haven't told him yet 'cause I'm too scared that if I tell him, it would ruin our friendship. But I think it's time for me to tell him 'cause I couldn't hide it any longer. "Hey Alex. Could we pass by the art store first? I have to buy some stuff that my teacher asked me to buy and some other stuff for my project." I asked as we walked down the busy streets of the city. "Sure, I don't mind. We still have alot of time anyway." We walked for a while as we watched cars speeding down the streets to reach their destinations, talking about what's happeining in our classes, and playing "I spy" until we reached the store.
At the top of the store's door was the name of the store. It was decorated with different colors froming shapes and swirls with the name "Mitchie's Art Materials & Collections" painted in the different colors of the rainbow. Inside was full of cute and colorful decorations, paintings, and art stuff all around. There were pencils, craft papers, glue, crayons, everything that you need in decorating and drawing. It's like it has all the materials around the world and it never runs out of stock. I took out the list from my pocket and went to every aisle that has the item in the list. I would sometimes ask him which brand is better. Even if he's part of the music section, he has knowledge of art materials and which is better to use. Then, I went to the counter to pay for them. There wasn't much on the list so, we were able to quickly get out the store and continued walking to school. "Maybe now's the time I tell him." I thought as I stared at him.
As we neared the school, we talked more about what's happening with our lives and our probelms. "Umm....A-Alex, I-I have something to tell you." I started. "What is it?" He stopped walking and faced me. There was silence for a few seconds. My heart is beating fast. My breathing shortened. Hesitation starts to appear but I have to do this. I cleared my throat and said, "W-Well....u-ummmm.......I......I-I.......I kinda........well......" I paused. "Well what?" he said as he stared at me with his wram, light brown eyes. My heart skipped a beat when I saw that. My face fells hot. I bet my face is as red as a tomato now. "What's wrong?" he asked. "I-I...........I li..........li....." I cleared my throat again. "Well, I-I li--" then the school bell cut me off. "C'mon! We're gonna be late and we ran as fast as we could to the gate. I was so frustrated that I wasn't able to tell him. Oh how I wish time would stop at that time...even just for awhile. As we went to our lockersand got our stuff for class, before separating, he said, "Oh yeah! There's this movie, that I heard was awesome, is showing at the movies today. So how about going there after school?". "Uh s-sure! I think that would be great. No, I'd love to go with you." I said with a big smile on my face. His face flashed a very big and cute smile. My heart skipped another beat seeing that face of his. Why does he have to be so cute??? Then, his faced started to go near mine. Then suddenly, he lightly pushed his lips against mine. "Great!!! It's a date then!" he winked. "See 'ya after school!" he said as he ran and waved good bye at me.
I was dumbfounded shocked. I just stood there without moving a single budge. I just stared at the blank space. I touched my lips and thought, "Did he just kiss me? What was that all about? What did that mean? What did he mean by 'it's a date'?" I paused to think for a while then it hit me. "Does that mean that he li-likes me? Was that a confession? Did he confess to me?" My heart beat won't slow down when I thought of it. My face started to feel hot but I didn't care. I started to smile and ran to class. My classmates saw me running in, wearing a huge smile, my face red. "LIZ!!! What happened to you?" the girls asked. "It's a secret~!" I winked as I went to my seat and sat down.
I can't wait until classes end.
The End