She couldn’t sleep so she went on her laptop and distracted herself by finishing a book.
As usual, Aria and Valerie are her beta-readers. She printed two copies for them both. After that, she was already feeling tired so she climbed into bed and fell asleep.
Not long after, the alarm rang.
“Ughhhh..” She rubbed her face against her pillow.
She barely slept when she had to wake up again.
Shutting off the alarm, she got ready.
The sun wasn’t up and it was still dark outside.
She took a quick shower to get rid of most of the sle
Soon it was time to give their offering.Everyone made little movements so as not to make their noise echo throughout the walls of the church.Keenan played the piano as the choir sang.With one of the microphones close to Dawn, it had amplified her voice. However, since that was not the only mic stand, they couldn’t determine if that was her voice, or the other’s.The mass continued. And soon, it was time to receive the sacramental bread.The choir first stood and were given the sacramental bread. They prayed. Once Keenan was finished, he began to play the piano.Since Dawn was nearest
For a moment there, everyone sat still and frozen as they heard the different sound.“This is a violin? No, wait–it sounds different.” Jace gasped,“No, listen–this one is a violin.. Then there–that’s the cello.” Hugo said.“Che-lo? That’s what this is called?”“Yes.. It is pronounced that way. But it is spelled as C-E-L-L-O.”“It’s not Sel-yo, then?”“Eh–nope.” Hugo pursed his lips. He really just wanted to listen to the song but Jace just had to direct the question to him. He knew tha
After the mass, Dawn and her friends gathered in Tara’s place for their study group.Tara dropped off Selene and Linus at their family’s residence.When Linus heard about this from Tara, he asked if his kids could join as well. He asked if his and Amaya’s eldest daughter, Roxanne and their son, Jericho could join as well. They have brought their homework with them.Tara briefly called Dawn and got her agreement. So she brought the kids to her place and dropped them off with Dawn and the others. Janus and his siblings, and Zara were there as well.She then bought three buckets of chicken with spaghetti and chocolate sundae twirls.Usu
In the end, Aria got the highest score.“Alright Aria—I’ll give you the reward later.” Dawn said.“Ehhhh??? Now I won’t be able to focus! I want to know what the reward is?!!” Annalise pouted.“It’s a secret.” Dawn winked. “Try harder next time hehe..”Not only Annalise was dying of curiosity, the others were as well.“What about me? What’s the reward?” Ian asked. He was the winner on their side.“I’ll give it to you later too..” Dawn chuckled. “Alright–let’s get back to bus
Keenan finally stepped back. He knew he couldn’t continue to pester her or she would really be angry at him.She was still willing to be partners with him so that was a sign for him that he was not hated yet.Keenan held out his hand. “Truce?” He smiled helplessly at her.She blew a breath. “Tsk.” She placed her hand on his.Susana clapped her hands, getting their attention.“Everyone, spread out. We have two dance instructors here to teach you choreography. Let me introduce Sir Valentin Vana and Ma’am Nora Barcelona.”They all clapped in welcoming th
“How’s the rehearsals going?” Frances asked Dawn and Clarissa.“It’s good. We’ll be doing the dress rehearsal later.” Clarissa answered.“Oh? Can we watch?”Dawn shook her head. “Sir Val said that we can’t reveal our costume or our moves to prevent leaks.”Even their costumes were stored and guarded well to prevent any kind of sabotage from happening.Susana would be the one keeping the costumes until the time to get changed into them.“That serious?”Dawn
As they left, the students took notice of them.Dawn’s cheeks burned.It wouldn’t have mattered if they were really in a relationship. But they were not. This would just cause a misunderstanding.In the end, Dawn took her hand away. She kept her hands in her pockets.She didn’t know that even if she did this, just by Keenan carrying her bag for her, people have already speculated that they were together.Keenan was not one to just casually carry a girl’s backpack.Him carrying her backpack meant that he treated her specially. Those eagle-eyed students also have seen their fi
After Keenan dropped her off, she went inside the house.“Tita, look!” Estelle exclaimed as soon as she saw her.“Hmm? What is it?” Dawn walked up to her and saw that she was holding her marked test papers.“Look!” She handed the papers to Dawn and saw that these are her Monthly Exam papers.Dawn looked at the scores and saw that all of the papers were not lower than 85.“Very good! Good work!” She beamed at Estelle.“Yay! Thanks!! It’s higher than last month!”“Yeah!
In the La Cocina de Mamà restaurant, Dawn’s family and relatives gathered around. Aria and their other friends were also there–except for Alvin and his group. Keenan’s parents and uncle were also there, as well as Blake. They reserved half of the restaurant to host a party to send her off. This was also a birthday celebration for Dawn as she turned sixteen years old. “Everyone–thank you all for coming. Please enjoy tonight. And I hope that everyone will help me pray for my daughter’s safe travels and well-being abroad.” “Of course!” “Congrats again, Dawn!” “Visit us, okay? Don’t forget your friends here..”
Days turned to weeks.It was finally time for the teachers to submit their final grades after the final exam ended.Susana, the class adviser for Dawn’s class this school year waited in excitement.But when she saw the grades reported by Cyrus, she had to do double, triple checks.She couldn’t believe what she was seeing.It showed that Dawn had scored less than a hundred in some of her quizzes and exams.“Impossible.. Less than a hundred on the subject of History and of Religion?”If this was two years ago, she wou
Four boxes in different sizes. One contained a jewelry set of diamond necklace, earrings, bracelet and ring. Another box contained an iPod with songs already downloaded. Another box was an iPhone. Dawn could still not get over how she was holding two items that were already phased out back in her previous life. “Whoaaaa—These are all expensive!!!” Tara exclaimed. Dawn nodded. “I thought he’s only there to study..” “He took a part-time job..” Dawn smiled. “Whoa–he c
When Mallory announced this, Hugo panicked. “Wait–I promise I can do it..” He said to Mallory. “Practice your lines first.” Mallory sighed. “Okay. I will.” He nodded vigorously and went to the side to practice seriously. Jason heard what was said but still tried his best to deliver the lines. Dawn appreciated that Jason took it seriously, not wasting everyone’s time. Moments later, Hugo approached. “I’m ready, ma’am..” He said to Mallory. The latter thought it over
Dawn missed Keenan very much. She could only distract herself by preparing to apply for scholarships for College. She also wrote more books and consistently scored perfectly in all quizzes and exams. It was her way to not think about the time and distance away from Keenan. She had finally reunited with him but soon had to bid him farewell. She didn’t go with them to the airport to send him off since his parents would be going with him to help him get settled. Both of them knew that it would be hard to say goodbye, so they spent a whole day together and the next day, Keenan left with his parents. He only gave her a call thirty minutes before he boa
As the girls gathered around, the boys also had their own circle.Keenan beckoned to Blake.The latter had been eyeing Aria.“What’s up?” Blake asked him.They sat by the shore of the beach resort, a distance away from the others.“I should ask that.”“Eh?” Blake blinked up at him. “What do you mean?”“You and Aria–”Blake’s brows pulled together, he pursed his lips. “Aren’t you with Dawn?&rd
The High School students finally get to enjoy their summer vacation.Dawn and her friends have long planned to meet up during summer and go to the beach.Alvin and his friends joined the planning of course.Back then this was the same group who would make plans together for summer as well.But this time, there were additions to their group.Now, there’s Cierra who is Alvin’s girlfriend. And there’s Keenan and Blake too.They didn’t know that Blake would join them as well, and he also didn’t make such plans before. But when he came to visit Keenan in his house, that&rsq
After Alvin danced with Dawn, Hugo walked up to her and invited her to dance.She thanked Alvin and went to dance with Hugo.But like Alvin, their dance was not so romantic either.‘Why is Ma’am Susana the one choosing the songs?’ Hugo thought glumly.There really was no chance to act sweetly with Dawn with the choice of songs for this event.The song ended and Hugo had wanted to dance one more time especially when the romantic song finally came on.“Ahemm. Ahemm.. May I cut in? Dawn, can I have this dance?” Keenan interjected.
The gymnasium was decorated with clear balloons, flowers, draperies and lights. It was a theme of white and gold, and the venue looked luxurious.As the prom began after the regular classes of other students ended, everyone queued up, waiting to enter the gymnasium as the music played through the speakers.The students who had not gone home yet were now watching as their schoolmates entered the gates and queued up with their partners.“HAHAHA look at that! Is that dress for prom or for salsa dancing? Why is it so short?”“Where? Where?”“Over there!” The student pointed. “She’s wearing brown.. It had tassels a