Dawn and Keenan were on a roll, announcing game results and calling players to gather for their events.
Soon, a senior student came to the booth bringing with him the fish bowl almost full of folded papers.
“Alright! Shall we read a secret message?” She said over the microphone.
“YES!!!!!” The students nearby screamed.
“My goodness, such excitement!” She chuckled. She scrambled the folded papers and picked up one. She unfolded it and raised her brow at Keenan.
“What?” He mouthed.
She giggled. She then turned to Evelyn and showed her the paper.<
Alvin held Cierra’s hand tighter and led her to walk around so they would pass in front of the announcer’s booth.He wanted to see how Dawn would react when she saw him holding somebody else’s hand. He wanted to see if she was still interested in him, like she said last summer.His heart beat fast in anticipation.However, he was left disappointed when Dawn did not even look their way. Cierra had to tug his hand so they could keep moving. His gaze was on Dawn but the latter was looking at Keenan with an amused expression. Dawn didn’t look starstruck with Keenan. In fact, she behaved confidently and could even carry a banter with him.This made Cierra be surprised at Keenan’s change in b
Dawn didn’t know how to react at this moment. She was getting comfortable having Keenan as her friend. She had plenty of friends who are girls but since her rebirth, he was the only boy she considered as the first friend she made on her own.There was no memory of the previous Dawn having any sort of interaction with Keenan other than when she confessed through a letter and he didn’t respond.“Ahemm.. What’s this? Didn’t I confess to you back then and even left you a letter in your bag? Now you’re saying you like me that way..” She shook her head at Keenan. She wanted to make sure.“You did? Ah.. perhaps. But I have never read it, nor any letter from other girls. I prefer to get to know the person first myself.” He said.
Susana was getting frustrated trying to convince the female students in her team to represent.However, it was quite difficult as they wouldn’t budge. They didn’t want to go up against the representatives of the other teams.They were convinced that they would only humiliate themselves in front of the whole High School Department.“We need a representative. If you’re worried about makeup and attire, I’m sure we could come up with a solution.” She said to them.“That’s not the problem, ma’am. The other representatives are just very capable. Just talking about myself here, I wouldn’t stand out at all.” One of the students said.
They made a list of songs that they know and checked which ones that all of them know.Dawn looked it over. “Janus, come here for a moment..Hugo, you too..”Hugo perked up. He never thought that Dawn would include him.“Yes, tita?” Janus asked her.“Play the percussion..”“Percussion?” Janus had no idea what she was talking about.Dawn thought about it and took an empty bottle and poured some tiny rocks. She then closed the lid and tested it out.“This sound.”
The campus of Trinity Institution was now busy with the High School students making their way to the gymnasium. They joined their team on their assigned spot on the bleachers. Everyone decorated their spots with banners, and flags. They also prepared the table and decorated it using their team colors.Meanwhile, Ian, Apollo and Estelle were also having their awarding and celebration for the Elementary department in the smaller gymnasium.Their games were not as hard as the High School department’s but their team had the most wins compared to the other two teams in the Elementary department.At this moment, Dawn went to the right side of the gymnasium, closer to the stage where Aria and the others were at.&ldq
After their performance, Dawn and the others quickly got off the stage while the members of the student body cleared the stage.Stephan called on a group of Junior students who were mostly from the other class. They would perform a dance number.As for Dawn, she quickly went back to the bleachers and went with Susana to get ready for the contest.Hugo was also with them since he would be the contestant for the Prince Charming. He brought with him his change of clothes as well.The contestants from the other teams have long gotten themselves ready.This time, the Legends team sent Dona and Immanuel as their representatives. For the Dominators, they have Jaso
The Gladiators team were relieved and proud that Christy did well in her performance.Then it was Hugo’s turn.He brought a guitar and stood behind the mic stand.His fingers strummed the guitar and almost everyone recognized it.The girls who were originally smitten with him fell head over heels again. They felt as if they were being serenaded by him as he sang You And Me by Lifehouse.His singing wasn’t that remarkable but just by him singing this song was enough for those who had a crush on him to be unable to take their eyes off of him. They swayed and sang along with him.The judge
“Ugh!!! Let’s go home. There’s already a winner.” Some of the audience said half-jokingly.“Yes, let’s.. Gosh.. I could never have imagined that Dawn would know to speak so well.. In a foreign language at that! She really answered that without even pausing to think over the question first.”“Hahaha.. If that were me, I’d just say.. Umm.. Hello, goodbye hahahahahaha..”Meanwhile, on stage, the contestants exited the stage.Bridget announced the dance performance of a group of Senior students.It couldn’t be helped that some of them were now self-conscious in regards to their own performance af
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