Just Another High School Story!

Leah was talking to Mia about her college plans, they were going to be far away, but just like all best friends do, Leah was going to call her every day, they were going to Skype each other every day, share stories, and gothic horror, she was going to be just as weird and she was going to be just as boring, they could not properly tell though, who was going to be what, they just loved each other enough to know that even if they changed, both would try to keep up, never judge, Leah settled down on a bench, she realised that they had been playing around for so long, no one had cellphones with them, everyone just had cameras, and a ton of memory cards, they wanted to make many memories and remember them, who would have known that they would end up shooting a movie tomorrow?

It was evening but the sky was turning dark, the coach returned and they built a fire, everyone gathered around, there was one good thing that they had, a guitar, the coach had suggested one of his friends to bring one, and the old man, Mejor, the guy who brought the guitar said that he didn't know how to play, if there was something, Leah had achieved other than becoming fabulous, it was skills, a lot of them, she had started playing two months ago, but she was already good at it, it came to her naturally, she played while they sang, she was very happy and in that moment, she felt like nothing could go wrong, everything seemed perfect, instead of taking pictures like others, she did something out of habit, she recorded the look in everyone's eyes into her memory, she saw with her eyes, and let it be recorded in her heart, after all, some moments when they pass, can never be lived again, you should just live sometimes, not for the sake of recording it through a lens but through the lens of your eyes, our eyes, after all, are magical, we can see so much, they are better than any cameras, like two beautiful mirrors, looking at things and reflecting, as she was recording things, she felt a chill, she got goosebumps as if something bad was about to happen, was she thinking too much? But when she first joined high school, when she'd had this feeling before, things had become messed up, she did not want to lose anything, not again, her heart beat fast, she looked at Ethan and wanted to talk to him, she needed him to tell her that they would be friends at least, but before she could say anything, she saw him looking at her, as she played and sang without saying a word of what she was actually thinking about, his presence erased all her fears, they were going to be alright, she was not going to lose him this time, never! She got an idea, she did not have a date for the after-graduation party, she had the perfect song to ask him, she would ask him out in front of the whole school, as everyone had predicted, it was Leah who was going to be giving a speech at graduation, since she was willing to talk about her falling and failing, and flailing before succeeding, the principal was willing to give her extra time, she would sing Ethan a song, and ask him out, there were two weeks until graduation, this trip was supposed to take one week, but who would have known that it would end too soon?

They started playing around and ended up playing truth and dare, Erik's group and joined them too, and the coach was happy to have them, the oldies, the young-bees, everyone was gathered around, it was the coach who started it off, it was Mia's turn first and Xin had to ask her a question, they were kind of limiting everyone's truths to one and so Leah was super excited, Xin had already talked to Leah about this, "Do you like someone here?" he asked Mia, who was blushing, and shot Leah a 'what-is-this' look, she knew something was up from the way Xin had been behaving since earlier, he was acting all nervous and fidgety, being all flirty, she knew she had it coming and so did Xin, Leah just helped make the match, she felt like she was turning into Emma from Jane's novel, she was thankful for Emma, not only had Emma taught her how to be extra careful, but extra observant too.

Mia was red as a tomato, blushing further and further, before finally answered, "Yes. I do." Then it was her turn to spin the bottle, unfortunately or fortunately, it landed on her again, good heaven, Xin took another chance, it was a dare, "I dare you to kiss me." he said, and this confidence that he was speaking with, Leah could not possibly tell you how much time and reinforcement it took to get to this, this guy was almost too shy; but he was also a Korean, so naturally, that voice, his request, it was all perfect, Leah was so happy for Mi-pi, Mia had always wanted to have a boyfriend, she was really unhappy when she realised that she had not had even a single boyfriend in high school.

Leah had asked her, "Whom do you like?" in passing, and even though a bit hesitant, her answer was Xin, Leah knew why Mia was holding back, they were all really close to each other, if things became awkward between those two, Leah would have a hard time, then what? Leah set to work, immediately, she tried to find out whether Xin liked Mia or not, and after observation, she realised that she had not been looking at them together, properly, at least, they acted all shy, nervous, fidgety, and flirty around each other, and Xin did this thing that he always did when he was holding back or wanted to say something, he kept rubbing his neck, he would touch the back of his neck, and stuff, it was tormenting to watch those two stay away from each other. Leah, in a very straightforward manner, almost startlingly straightforwardly asked him, "Do you like Mia?" He acted all coy and she pinched him, and was like, "Dude, what are you both even doing? Why stay apart?" Then they came up with this plan of him telling her that he liked her on this trip, everyone was in on it. Everyone, of course, just not Mia, but Mi-pi was a smarty pants, she immediately picked up, and played along.

After what happened between E and her, she hoped that one love story would work out at least. She was getting head rushes because of thinking about what happened all the time, she did not want the same to happen to Mia, so after coming up with the plan, she threatened Xin, she was all bossy and tough, "If you dare hurt her, I will hunt you down with a crossbow." Xin had smiled in response, she knew he was a great guy, she knew Mia was a great, great girl, she really hoped for this to work out.