| Even now, Karla could remember the day they met so clearly, that if she was an artist, she could've made a painting of the scenery. It was on a warm, breezy afternoon. A few of her classmates were there with her, which made her more comfortable. But to start things off, it all started off awhile before afternoon classes began.
Out of nowhere, Colin popped out in front of Karla and Minka as they made their way toward class. Colin - another classmate, but also their friend who enjoyed teasing and making fun of them. As usual, he was an expert on annoying the two. This time, he started interrupting their conversation as the two girls keenly tried to not take notice of him. Frustrated, Colin began to shove the two girls playfully. Not hard, but enough to make them frustrated with his immaturity. Alas, a shoving war has gone on between the three even to this point in life.
"Hey, what are you guys up to?" an unfamiliar voice behind them asked.
Whipping around, Karla found herself face-to-face with Cody. Blushing, she quickly looked down - anywhere but directly at him. But before she had a chance to explain, Colin burst in and accused that the two girls were bullying him. Surprisingly, all Cody did was laugh and teased that Colin was such a female for being able to be pushed around so easily. Frustrated with Colin who interrupted her, Karla spoke up.
"Nooo! He's lying! He was the one pushing us!"
As if to prove it, Colin began to shove Karla to make her walk faster. Little did he know that Cody disliked it whenever guys hit or shove girls. So as the four talked among themselves with the exception of another classmate, Cody and Colin began to argue. Then eventually, they ended up shoving one another forcibly to the extent that everyone told them to calm down before one of them will trip over the desks that they banged into. At that moment, all Karla could hope for would be that the teacher would arrive late and that nobody got hurt.
Their teacher finally arrived late and since there was no class for them today, he took them out to the field out in the back, due to the fact that he was supervising the juniors for their Orientation day. So this is where we ended off, with the description of the scenery earlier on.
Sitting down in a circle on the grassy field, the group of students began to talk. Then they began to share their summaries of their short stories that they were working on. No sooner than that, they all slacked off. After all, who could concentrate on such a nice afternoon outside under the sun with a few hundred students screaming in the background? So a game of Truth-and-Dare began.
Obviously rules were made up in case anything got out of hand. The rules simply consisted of two:
1. No dares are to be disturbing in any sense - to anyone and they have to be within school policy,
2. No truths could invade into people's privacy and if so, if one does not want to answer, let them be.
The game went quite well according to Karla. For her dare, all she had to do was spin around on the spot until she was dizzy, as she went "ahhhhhhh" throughout the entire dare. Whereas for the rest: Minka was dared to talk to a tree and hug it for a minute; Cody was to hug the school and kiss it; Colin was to kiss the ground; and the other classmate was to do a break dance move. On the other hand, when it came to truths, some of them caused total awkwardness and ever once in awhile, some were not answered. While for some of the other questions, secrets were revealed. This was how Karla got to learn more about Cody, and though some things about him were a bit of a turn off, she still found him attractive.
However things got out of hand when questions began to invade one another's privacy. Noticing Cody's sudden silence, Karla knew something was going to happen and it wasn't good at all. As if to prove it, he began to break his CDs and pens. She never found out what made him become so angry, but she had a slight idea. It must be the questions about his past. After all, she knew he had gone through rough times with someone he truly cares about. But nothing cold be done to resolve their relationship, and thus, he got frustrated just thinking of it. So the period ended, with everyone in an awkward silence. The sound of the bell signalling for the last period couldn't have been more welcoming, as Minka and Karla ran towards their class. Both of which were extremely terrified of Cody's actions.
As the two made their way to class, they hardly spoke to one another. Minka was really shocked by everything that happened. How everything was going along great and then all of a sudden, everything crashed. Whereas for Karla, she was extremely worried and afraid - she didn't know what to do, or how she felt. The fear of still having feelings for Cody, even after everything that happened just a few minutes before, was extremely shocking. Dumping her belongings onto the desk, she quickly left the classroom and made a trip to the washroom, and didn't return until class just started.
When she returned, a good friend of hers, Valerie, asked if she was okay. Puzzled, Karla had no clue what she meant, and resumed back to her seat. Later on did she find out that Minka had told her what happened. But Karla didn't care. She was so confused with her mixed emotions that she sat quietly throughout the entire period, ignoring everyone. But for one thing, she was glad that she never told anyone about her feelings for Cody.
Finally, the end of the day! Once again, Karla found herself in complete silence as she walked with Minka to their lockers. She wanted to get away from the building as soon as she can, in case Cody was there at his locker. Quickly, she began to pack, only to find him at his locker. So slowing down, she took as much time as she could, packing her things, while hoping that he would leave before she was done, despite the fact that when leaving, she had to pass by his locker. Luckily, he was gone before she was done. Speeding up, Karla packed the rest of her belongings and quickly walked down the hall to exit the building. Little did she know that Cody hadn't left yet. |
