Chapter 8

The archers are divided into 3 in which 2 players will compete for each other. The grades 7 and 8, 9 and 10, and lastly the 11 and 12. These 2 players will compete against each other. The sports committee decided this to be fair. The starting player will start and the remaining players will help to score higher. After completing the three remaining grade levels who won will compete for each other. They will battle out to know who will be in the top 3-grade level.

The first game was okay. We won against the grade 11 and we will compete with grade 7 and grade 9 who are full of varsity players and who had competed nationally and some internationally. We had a little break and while sitting, I noticed someone running pantingly towards the volleyball court. I just laughed at how tired she was when she finally arrived in front of me.

" You missed the first game, my friend."I acted coldly.

"Waah, Cath I'm sorry. Need to finish some errands. Forgive me, please?"

" Fine, you will treat me some fried chicken later." I pinched her cheeks and laughed at her. She just pouts and helped me wipe my sweat at my back and put on some baby powder. I also help Captain with some of her sweat and put on an ample amount of baby powder at her back and the 3 boys also did the same.

After some minutes the next round begins. We are assigned at the rightmost target. Each player will line now in front of the 50 meters-distance target vertically.

" We will now begin the competition to determine who will win the archery competition and to determine which team will be representing our school for the Interschool competition. Starting players please step forward and sports committee ready. Focus, aim and shoot. You may start now players."

Lucas step forward and aimed at the target. He scored 9. Then, he scored 8 at the 60-meter and 7 at the 70-meter target. It was a nice score. Michael followed. He scored 9-9-8. Marcos scored -10-9-9. Marcos and I high-fived as I step forward to shoot. I observed the scores. Grade 7 is leading while we are at the last place in terms of score. I decided to score 10 for all. Everyone was shocked and wowed. I shrugged my shoulders and walk towards Captain. I tapped her shoulder and looked at her confidently.

" You can do it."' she just nods. Before she could shoot, both grade 7 and grade 9 were done. Grade 7 garnered total points of 135 while Grade 9 garnered total points of 137. For us to win, Captain must score all 10. She looked at us and a sense of worry can be seen through us. All of us smiled and did the fighting stance. Eventually, she laughed and looked confident. She successfully scored 10 for the 2 targets and now she is aiming at the 70-meter distance target. She looked at us again for a second and release her arrow to shoot.

"Bullseye!" the three boys exclaimed. They are hugging each other and jumping in circles.

"Come on. Let's congratulate our Captain." the three boys run towards her and hugged her. I just smiled and walked towards the. I was shocked when Lucas pull me and we all hugged.

"I know you can do it. Thank you for leading us, Captain." I said.

"Captain, you're the best!" Lucas

"We won!" Marcus

"Interschool Competition, here we go!" Michael

After the sports committee is done tallying the score and submitting it to the secretariate, all teams from grade 7 - 12 were asked to line vertically facing the official.

" Congratulation everyone. Win or lose, all of you are winners to our eyes. Thank you for your dedication and hard work. We will see each other next school year for our next Intramurals." The Official stated with a smile. Three-person went beside the official with medals.

"It is now time to announce the winners. Third place, we have our grade 7 team. Congratulations." Each member of the team went forward and each of them received an award and congratulatory handshake. After taking a picture, they went back to their line.

"Second place, we have the grade 9 team. Congratulations." the same procedure was done like with the grade 9.

" And our winner and the team that will represent our school for the Interschool Competition is the grade 12 team. Congratulations. " We walked in front and one by one received our medal. We also took pictures and immediately went back to our line.

" This is the end of our competition. Thank you, everyone, a job well done, and see you next year." Everyone begins to scatter and leave the place.

" Bestfriend, congratulations." I was a bit shocked when someone jumped on my back.

"Sankyo," I said and caress her hair.

" Take a picture of our team," I said to her.

"Guys, picture" I shouted. We take several pictures and also with Ms. Kate. Lucas took pictures of me and Marielle.

" Let's go, guys, my treat." Ms. Kate said. All of us were happy. Marielle was also invited but she declined as she still has practiced and she can't leave as she was the leader of their team.

We first walked towards our room and put our equipment aside. We also make sure that everything is clean and been put to their places. Then, we went towards the committee room to fetch our IDs. Afterward, we walked to the school gate. Ms. Kate went to the MagiaAmore Restaurant first and just gave us the address. After the travel, we arrived safely. When we entered, we are welcomed by the smell of wood and coffee. The theme is very earthlike, wood is the main material of the restaurant and it is filled with plants and flowers. It is full of wood carvings and trunk-like chairs. We look around at the same time, looking for Ms. Kate. When we walked to the east, we saw her looking at the glass window. We immediately walked towards that area and sit.

"Well, what can you say to this restaurant?" Ms. Kate asked.

"Love the theme." Captain said

"They are down to earth, hue hue." Lucas said

"Like the atmosphere, kinda homey," I said

"Fresh oxygen everywhere." Marcus

" Love the theme and ambiance" Michael

Ms. Kate just nods happily.

"This is a nice restaurant. I'm a certified customer here for a month now." She proudly said

"Maybe because you like someone working here" Lucas blurted out and everyone was laughing and teasing jokingly. Unexpectedly, Ms. Kate just blushed.

"Eh?" all of us suddenly react.

"We will help you steal his heart, Ms. Kate," Lucas said. We just all nodded. After a while, a man approached and smiled while looking at us.

" Good afternoon to all of you. It looks like Ms. Kate brought some new guests for today. I am Jacob. Nice meeting you all and hope to visit us again soon." He smiled as genuinely. This man is handsome. I think that this man is the one who stole Ms. Kates heart. Everyone was eyeing each other knowing what to do as everyone nods in synch.

" Hello, Sir Jacob. Are you the owner of this restaurant?" Lucas asked

"You guessed correctly, Mr..?" He glanced at Lucas

"Lucas is my name. We are the Archery Team that was supervised by Ms.Kate. These are our team." Lucas immediately introduced our names to Sir Jacob.

"Nice meeting you all. " He smiled at us and looked at one of his servers and let her come to us.

"This is Mary. She will serve you all. Mary serves our VIP guests. Everyone, I will excuse myself. I need to do some work. Enjoy." We bid our thanks and Mary smile at us and gave us the menu. We immediately check for mouth-savoring food and ordered. Mary then delivered our orders leaving us alone at our table.

"How did you meet?" Michael started to ask

" He was a badminton varsity back then. We went to the same university and compete with the same competition till the nationals. But after we graduate, we didn't see each other not until I discovered this restaurant a month ago and discovered that he was the owner." We listened attentively to her story and nodding our heads.

"But, is he single?" Captain asked. And then Ms. Kat smiled bitterly to us. She lowered her gaze and looked at the window side where we can see sir Jacob talking seriously with a woman.

"He's taken by that girl" We looked at the window and saw a beautiful girl in a green dress who is smiling brightly.

" I don't want to compete because from the start, I'm the loser. But, I'm happy for them. I bridged them to be together. I'm slowly getting a hang of things. So, no need to worry my children."

As soon as Ms. Kate finished her sentence, A man suddenly kissed Ms. Kate's cheeks and sat right next to her.

"Sir Nicer?!" All of us exclaimed.

"Hello, children. Did you all order? It's my treat today?" He smiled and we saw Mary walking toward us and get Sir Nicer's order. All of us looked at the couple in disbelief.