10 seconds left. 4th quarter. Sora with the ball. She runs quickly
down the field. Her friends all cheering her on. She concentrates
quickly. She shoots, she scores! BRRRRRRRIIING! She made the goal just
in time! The diamonds win by one point! Another win leaves the team
undefeated. Sora ran to her friends.
"Sora! You did awesome!" Tai yelled, as she got lifted in the air by
her teammates. " I know nothing about soccer, but I'm guessing that was
good!" Mimi shouted. Sora smiled in pride. "This calls for celebration!
Let's all eat out tonight!" said Tai excitedly. Sora nodded. Everyone
agreed.
That was one year ago.
Sora looked back at this memory and sighed. That was when everybody
was so happy. When she still had friends. Before she made such wrong
decisions. But it seemed like yesterday that it went all wrong.

FLASHBACK

"So Sora... you did great!" said Tai. Sora was confused. Why did Tai,
her best friend, look so nervous around her today? She had done nothing
out of the ordinary. Tai sighed.
"Uh, Sora?"
"Yes, Tai?"
"I uh... was wondering... if you would... I mean if you want to… you
could... uh, um... if you would like to go somewhere sometime...to...
uh, um... eat dinner?"
Sora stood there shocked. Did Tai just ask her out on a date? She never
saw this coming. With every second of her silence, Tai's face got
pinker.
"...uh... I can't quite say this... but..."
Tai stood there waiting for an answer. But Sora just stood there.
Tai looked hurt. "You don't have to if you don't want to..."
Sora didn't know what to say. Being under such pressure, she said" Uh,
sorry, I'm going out with Matt right now.." she couldn't believe she
just said that. It just... came out.
"Matt, huh?"
Sora nodded. "Oh." Then after that one word, Tai walked off, forgetting
completely that he was supposed to eat with her and their friends.
Sora wanted to say something, but no words came out of her mouth. She
had just won her soccer game, but she just lost a friend. She had just
lied to her best friend. And he knew it, too. She had just won her
soccer game, but she just lost a friend.