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tessa, ruying and Hannah. Done. To shara2007, thanks for reviewing! I
really appreciate it. So, hope you guys like this chapter ok? Thanks!
~Siyi~
"Charlie?" I asked. "is something wrong?"
Charlie was staring at me with a rather weird expression on his face.
"huh?" Charlie said, snapping out of his trance. "ohh.. nothing..."
I decided not to dwell on it.
"anyway, I really got to get to training. I'm so bloody late." I commented. "see you guys around!" and I ran off.
Back in my dorm room, I saw jean. Ignoring her, I grabbed my track uniform and quickly changed in the toilet. I heard jean talk from the other side.
"did you pass the note to adam?" she asked.
"yes."
"good."
"ok."
Then I flung the door open, grabbed my shoe bag and flew out of the room. On the way, I saw adam. Probably going to meet jean.
He smiled and passed me a note. I stared at him.
"nothing. Just read it, ok?"
I nodded. I slipped the note into my pocket and ran to the track as fast as possible. During training, i pushed the note out of my thoughts. I made a lot of progress while at Eden hall. And my first track competition in Minnesota was only in a few weeks. I focused on my running and went through training pretty well. These few days, I focused on nothing but the competition at hand. I researched on my competitors, found out who were the powerful people, I worked out in the gym, and even started studying a book called, "Success In Athletics". Although I thought it was pretty lame, I thought it might have helped. Well, that was yet to be known. After training, I walked back slowly to my dorm[I think this is the first time I walked throughout the whole story. :P] Taking out the note, I slowly unfolded and it and folded out the creases. The note said:
"hey siyi, the ducks and I were thinking that maybe you didn't know, but someone likes you. It's not me don't worry. Just keep watching. =) from: Adam and the ducks"
"who is it?" I heard someone say. I recognized that voice immediately.
"tessa! Stop that!" I shouted.
"what?"
"Don't sneak up on me like that! Arh!"
"well, sorry."
"AND DON'T READ MY NOTES!"
"I'm sorry! But.. who is this... ahem... mystery guy?"
"I don't know. And I think, I don't want to know. Do i?" I asked her.
"gee, I think, you should ask yourself that."
I pondered over it for awhile, then decided to drop the subject. We walked back to our dorms. I decided to catch some sleep before going for dinner. I quickly showered and snuggled under my covers. I slept for about... say 2 hours? Wasn't exactly relaxing. When I opened my eyes, I saw about a dozen faces staring at me. I jumped back at who intruded my dorm. Then things began to clear. I saw... Russ, averman, fulton, adam, Julie, connie, Goldberg and Charlie staring at me.
I pulled my sheets up to my neck.
"I-is a-anything the m-matter?" I asked, quivering all the same.
"hey, relax. We just came to tell you that CONWAY HAS A CRUSH ON YOU!!" russ screamed. The ducks cheered.
I stared at Charlie.
"DON"T LISTEN TO THEM! They are so talking crap, its crap ok? Just crap." I nodded and politely asked if they could exit the room so that I could change at least. The agreed with big smiles on their faces as they went out. Quickly, I changed into a shirt and track pants and ran to nat's dorm.
"hey, you'll never guess what just happened." I said, calmly.
"Charlie proposed?" tessa asked curiously. I gave her a hard glare. "no... actually, I won't tell you!" and left the room. I heard tessa thundering after me.
"come on!"
"no!"
"yes!"
"no! Another time, I gotta go for training." I lied her and quickly ran off before she pestered me some more.
I headed back to my dorm. I saw Julia and Carmie both talking and munching on some snacks.
"what's up?" I plopped down on my bed and started grabbing some munchies.
"well, I saw them ducks running out of our dorm that's what's up. What was all that about?"
"oh nothing..." I lied, afraid that they would find out what happened. Then I decided that hanging around here was no good. I thought that going to the track was the best place to head for. No one was there, and no one would ask stupid questions. I slipped on my socks and shoes and took off for the track. As I approached the track, I saw some boys doing field training. It wouldn't have had an impact on anything anyway so I sat in the stands and watched.
Suddenly, I saw jean running up to me. Oh great, more stupid questions.
"Is it true that Charlie has a crush on you?"
"no..." I said gloomily.
"oh yes it is, stop lying!"
"give me a break jean, I barely know the guy."
"You could get to know him more, and besides, he broke up with Linda already."
"I witnessed their fight. Me, Natasha and Carmie. We saw the whole thing."
Jean gasped. "EAVESDROPPERS!"
"jean, let it go ok? I do not like him and he does not like me. FULLSTOP!"
"gee, cranky, someone needs a nap!"
"I just had one."
"oh... well, lets go grab a bite then."
"I feel like sitting here watching those boys do field training."
"but you'll be doing nothing."
"I realize that."
"well, up to you. See you! I'm gonna find adam!"
I rolled my eyes. These two were SOOOOOO love sick they didn't know it themselves. I watched the boys do their field training. Then I looked at the track. Would life had been easier back in Singapore, or... here? In Singapore, it never was cold. It was forever hot. Which was pretty cool, cos you could just step into the sun and get a tan.. where else in Minnesota.. it was.. different. The people were different, the place was different, the whole atmosphere was different. Maybe, it would have been better to stay in Singapore? As I was thinking, I felt someone sit beside me.
"please, no stupid questions, no stupid remarks." I said, eyes still shut.
"ok, I won't say anything then." Charlie said.
Great, Charlie, of all people, Him! I sighed.
"you came to say DON'T LISTEN TO THEM, or IT WAS ALL TRUE, or I'm sorry?"
"Yes, maybe, yes."
"maybe?"
"yeah. Maybe it was all true. Maybe."
"Charlie, if its true, I'm REALLY sorry I have to disappoint you, but I'm not exactly... looking right now."
"hah! I thought this would be your response."
I stared at Charlie.
"gee, ok, I can wait."
"AND," I added, "I probably want a tracker boyfriend even if I was looking."
"oh. Ok then. Gotta go, bye!" and he ran off. He sounded rather... hurt... well, maybe I shouldn't have said that. But then again, I had to clear the misunderstanding. See? That's what I'm talking about. In Singapore, I never had to deal with things like this. I missed Singapore so much. I decided to call my mom. I pulled out my cell phone.
One ring, two ring, three rings.
"hello?"
"hi mom."
"oh honey I missed you so much!"
"me too mom."
"how are you adjusting?"
"fine."
My mom and I had a long chat, just like the old times, just... not the same. After I hung up, I thought I had better go find Charlie. I decided the first place to go was his dorm. I knocked and russ answered the door.
"hey, Charlie in?"
"ooh, girlfriends' come a knockin!"
"no, I just need to tell him something."
"well sorry honey, but he ain't in."
"well, thanks anyway."
then I ran off to the rink. I saw Charlie there, slamming pucks into the net.
"Charlie?"
Charlie spun around. "oh hey."
"listen, did I hurt your feelings? I mean, I do want a boyfriend who's a tracker but... I like you too, but you know, as a friend and stuff. But I know who likes you!"
"really? Oh you know, maybe I'm really just not interested."
"its Tessa. The band one?"
"oh..." charlie's eyes lit up. "hey! She's pretty cool."
"yeah, you might want to consider."
"I think I will. I'll go find her. See ya around!"
I felt good. At least I didn't feel guilty. I was walking out of the rink when I saw adam and jean. They were holding hands and walking slowly. They saw me and waved. I waved back and decided not to disturb them. On the way, I bumped into micheal, the guy from the track team.
"hey"
"hey"
"you're the new kid aren't you?"
"yeah. And I'm siyi, not new kid."
"haha. Sorry about that, I'm micheal. I was just heading for some self- training. Wanna come?"
"don't see why not."
Together, we walked to the track and did some sprints. Turns out, micheal and I had a lot in common. We were both short distance, had wadrobes the size of nike stores and liked chocolate ice-creams. Surely that counted. And eventually, he walked me back to my dorm! It was so sweet. Anyway, I told him I'd see him at track the next day. Today turned out.. pretty ok actually. Then I saw Charlie and Tessa walking together to the cafeteria. And actually, that made me feel a lot better!
~Siyi~
"Charlie?" I asked. "is something wrong?"
Charlie was staring at me with a rather weird expression on his face.
"huh?" Charlie said, snapping out of his trance. "ohh.. nothing..."
I decided not to dwell on it.
"anyway, I really got to get to training. I'm so bloody late." I commented. "see you guys around!" and I ran off.
Back in my dorm room, I saw jean. Ignoring her, I grabbed my track uniform and quickly changed in the toilet. I heard jean talk from the other side.
"did you pass the note to adam?" she asked.
"yes."
"good."
"ok."
Then I flung the door open, grabbed my shoe bag and flew out of the room. On the way, I saw adam. Probably going to meet jean.
He smiled and passed me a note. I stared at him.
"nothing. Just read it, ok?"
I nodded. I slipped the note into my pocket and ran to the track as fast as possible. During training, i pushed the note out of my thoughts. I made a lot of progress while at Eden hall. And my first track competition in Minnesota was only in a few weeks. I focused on my running and went through training pretty well. These few days, I focused on nothing but the competition at hand. I researched on my competitors, found out who were the powerful people, I worked out in the gym, and even started studying a book called, "Success In Athletics". Although I thought it was pretty lame, I thought it might have helped. Well, that was yet to be known. After training, I walked back slowly to my dorm[I think this is the first time I walked throughout the whole story. :P] Taking out the note, I slowly unfolded and it and folded out the creases. The note said:
"hey siyi, the ducks and I were thinking that maybe you didn't know, but someone likes you. It's not me don't worry. Just keep watching. =) from: Adam and the ducks"
"who is it?" I heard someone say. I recognized that voice immediately.
"tessa! Stop that!" I shouted.
"what?"
"Don't sneak up on me like that! Arh!"
"well, sorry."
"AND DON'T READ MY NOTES!"
"I'm sorry! But.. who is this... ahem... mystery guy?"
"I don't know. And I think, I don't want to know. Do i?" I asked her.
"gee, I think, you should ask yourself that."
I pondered over it for awhile, then decided to drop the subject. We walked back to our dorms. I decided to catch some sleep before going for dinner. I quickly showered and snuggled under my covers. I slept for about... say 2 hours? Wasn't exactly relaxing. When I opened my eyes, I saw about a dozen faces staring at me. I jumped back at who intruded my dorm. Then things began to clear. I saw... Russ, averman, fulton, adam, Julie, connie, Goldberg and Charlie staring at me.
I pulled my sheets up to my neck.
"I-is a-anything the m-matter?" I asked, quivering all the same.
"hey, relax. We just came to tell you that CONWAY HAS A CRUSH ON YOU!!" russ screamed. The ducks cheered.
I stared at Charlie.
"DON"T LISTEN TO THEM! They are so talking crap, its crap ok? Just crap." I nodded and politely asked if they could exit the room so that I could change at least. The agreed with big smiles on their faces as they went out. Quickly, I changed into a shirt and track pants and ran to nat's dorm.
"hey, you'll never guess what just happened." I said, calmly.
"Charlie proposed?" tessa asked curiously. I gave her a hard glare. "no... actually, I won't tell you!" and left the room. I heard tessa thundering after me.
"come on!"
"no!"
"yes!"
"no! Another time, I gotta go for training." I lied her and quickly ran off before she pestered me some more.
I headed back to my dorm. I saw Julia and Carmie both talking and munching on some snacks.
"what's up?" I plopped down on my bed and started grabbing some munchies.
"well, I saw them ducks running out of our dorm that's what's up. What was all that about?"
"oh nothing..." I lied, afraid that they would find out what happened. Then I decided that hanging around here was no good. I thought that going to the track was the best place to head for. No one was there, and no one would ask stupid questions. I slipped on my socks and shoes and took off for the track. As I approached the track, I saw some boys doing field training. It wouldn't have had an impact on anything anyway so I sat in the stands and watched.
Suddenly, I saw jean running up to me. Oh great, more stupid questions.
"Is it true that Charlie has a crush on you?"
"no..." I said gloomily.
"oh yes it is, stop lying!"
"give me a break jean, I barely know the guy."
"You could get to know him more, and besides, he broke up with Linda already."
"I witnessed their fight. Me, Natasha and Carmie. We saw the whole thing."
Jean gasped. "EAVESDROPPERS!"
"jean, let it go ok? I do not like him and he does not like me. FULLSTOP!"
"gee, cranky, someone needs a nap!"
"I just had one."
"oh... well, lets go grab a bite then."
"I feel like sitting here watching those boys do field training."
"but you'll be doing nothing."
"I realize that."
"well, up to you. See you! I'm gonna find adam!"
I rolled my eyes. These two were SOOOOOO love sick they didn't know it themselves. I watched the boys do their field training. Then I looked at the track. Would life had been easier back in Singapore, or... here? In Singapore, it never was cold. It was forever hot. Which was pretty cool, cos you could just step into the sun and get a tan.. where else in Minnesota.. it was.. different. The people were different, the place was different, the whole atmosphere was different. Maybe, it would have been better to stay in Singapore? As I was thinking, I felt someone sit beside me.
"please, no stupid questions, no stupid remarks." I said, eyes still shut.
"ok, I won't say anything then." Charlie said.
Great, Charlie, of all people, Him! I sighed.
"you came to say DON'T LISTEN TO THEM, or IT WAS ALL TRUE, or I'm sorry?"
"Yes, maybe, yes."
"maybe?"
"yeah. Maybe it was all true. Maybe."
"Charlie, if its true, I'm REALLY sorry I have to disappoint you, but I'm not exactly... looking right now."
"hah! I thought this would be your response."
I stared at Charlie.
"gee, ok, I can wait."
"AND," I added, "I probably want a tracker boyfriend even if I was looking."
"oh. Ok then. Gotta go, bye!" and he ran off. He sounded rather... hurt... well, maybe I shouldn't have said that. But then again, I had to clear the misunderstanding. See? That's what I'm talking about. In Singapore, I never had to deal with things like this. I missed Singapore so much. I decided to call my mom. I pulled out my cell phone.
One ring, two ring, three rings.
"hello?"
"hi mom."
"oh honey I missed you so much!"
"me too mom."
"how are you adjusting?"
"fine."
My mom and I had a long chat, just like the old times, just... not the same. After I hung up, I thought I had better go find Charlie. I decided the first place to go was his dorm. I knocked and russ answered the door.
"hey, Charlie in?"
"ooh, girlfriends' come a knockin!"
"no, I just need to tell him something."
"well sorry honey, but he ain't in."
"well, thanks anyway."
then I ran off to the rink. I saw Charlie there, slamming pucks into the net.
"Charlie?"
Charlie spun around. "oh hey."
"listen, did I hurt your feelings? I mean, I do want a boyfriend who's a tracker but... I like you too, but you know, as a friend and stuff. But I know who likes you!"
"really? Oh you know, maybe I'm really just not interested."
"its Tessa. The band one?"
"oh..." charlie's eyes lit up. "hey! She's pretty cool."
"yeah, you might want to consider."
"I think I will. I'll go find her. See ya around!"
I felt good. At least I didn't feel guilty. I was walking out of the rink when I saw adam and jean. They were holding hands and walking slowly. They saw me and waved. I waved back and decided not to disturb them. On the way, I bumped into micheal, the guy from the track team.
"hey"
"hey"
"you're the new kid aren't you?"
"yeah. And I'm siyi, not new kid."
"haha. Sorry about that, I'm micheal. I was just heading for some self- training. Wanna come?"
"don't see why not."
Together, we walked to the track and did some sprints. Turns out, micheal and I had a lot in common. We were both short distance, had wadrobes the size of nike stores and liked chocolate ice-creams. Surely that counted. And eventually, he walked me back to my dorm! It was so sweet. Anyway, I told him I'd see him at track the next day. Today turned out.. pretty ok actually. Then I saw Charlie and Tessa walking together to the cafeteria. And actually, that made me feel a lot better!