A ǫᴜᴀʀᴀɴᴛɪɴᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ

3

Location: School
Time: 11:30am
Q'anna

"𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑄'𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑗𝑜𝑏 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡!, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦"

I look down at my test and see that I got a 95. "𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑀𝑟.𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑦. 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑦"

He smiles and nods at me as he watches me walk out the class. I glimpse at the time & I see it's about 11 ish. I carefully make my way through the hallways to get to my locker. I try my hardest not to bump into anyone.

"𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡?"

"𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝐼 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑚. 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛" .

I stop dead in my tracks, after over listening to these girls talk by my locker I realized that I never checked the email this morning.

I hurry up and gather all my books into my locker and make sure to have my homework and everything . Lighting fast I whip out my phone and scroll through so I can find the email.

*𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀*

" 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙!"

I quickly make sure my locker is locked all the way and turn in the direction everyone is going for the town hall. I'm walking and scrolling so I can find the email.

"𝐷𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙!?"

I finally found it and before I could even press it I feel my arm being grabbed and before I could even ask anything I'm being dragged into the auditorium.

"𝑄 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑤𝑒'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢"

"𝐿𝑚𝑎𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒, 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘"

While still being dragged I look around to see all the upperclassman rush into the auditorium.

"𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛, 𝑖𝑓 𝑖 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑟!"

I listen to the different students and finally come to the conclusion that this townhall is about the program being granted to the 2 students.

We come to a sudden halt.

"𝑄 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒"

I look down the row of where the students are seated and I see Jr, Chi and everyone else. I sit next to chi and watch as all the other students get settled.

For the remaining 20 minutes me and Chi are having a heartfelt conversation about our futures after high school. Me and Chi both want to work in the hospital field.

I want to become a phlebotomist and she wants to become an ultrasound technician.

*𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀*

"𝑇𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 1...2...3.. 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑒?"

"𝑌𝐸𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆!"

"𝐴𝑙𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡, 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦"

So basically Mr.Earhart is explaining the program, what it is and all that good stuff.

I check the crowd of students and watch the reactions on their faces as they become nervous. I'm not sure how to  feel in this current moment. But what I do know is I HAVE TO GET INTO THE PROGRAM!.

"𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡."

We all look at each other in confusion. "𝑊𝑡𝑓, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?"

Now I'm panicking, what if they only choose one student  of any gender?

" 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 however, the 2 selected are allowed to pick 3 other students of their choosing as well!"

Everyone in the auditorium goes crazy, I turn to look at Chi, Jr & Shawn. We all give the head nod and everyone knows the vibe. If any one of us get selected we know who we're bringing.

Mr.Earhart and the teachers try to get everyone to calm down. While he does that, I'm now going through looking for the email again. While still listening to Mr.Earhart.

"𝑂𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟!"

"𝑂𝑚𝑔 𝑜𝑚𝑔 𝑖𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑠!" Chi squeals.

I grab her hand just as she grabs mine, while Still scrolling for the email.

I take one last look at everyone before I continue looking for the email. This really must be serious for some people because a student just passed out.

"𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒? 𝑂𝑘? 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑? 𝑂𝑘."

"𝑁𝑜𝑤, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑠...."

I finally found the email without hesitation I click it.
I read the first few sentences and gasp while dropping my phone.

"𝑄 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑?"
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*Excuse any errors*