Valentine's Day Disappointment
AN: Okay I got reviews again! I'm so shocked about that… WHY ARE THEY REVIEWING! Okay I'm fine. I've been uber busy so I'm not sure when this will be finished by.. Bear with me on this. Note next chpater will be sort of short.
Disclaimer: Now if I owned Rurouni Kenshin…. Would I be doing this….. That's a good question... One I don't know the answer to yet…
February 15th
POV: Life, Positive… Negative… It is full of opposites, love and hate and feelings contradict reason. Why is it that it always happens that way? Why is nothing ever the same, as you want it to be? Why? Why? Why?
Megumi sat on bed crying the radio turned up so loud she couldn't even here her own sobs as she cried into her pillow. "It wasn't fair. It just wasn't fair." thought Megumi as she cried. She eventually got up from her bed letting the pillow she had been holding fall to the floor. She took deep steadying breathes as she made her way over to her computer and turned down the music that had been playing on it. "Snap out of it Megumi. You stronger than this." she told herself. She opened the word document on the desktop and started to write.
Megumi sat at the computer typing for hours. She didn't move she just continued to type and retype her speech. "Done." She sighed, "Maybe just maybe he'll notice me." that was her last thought before sleep over took her completely leaving her speech up on the screen.
Green and White Day
Megumi Takani
Last year a group of students went around asking what Green and White Day really meant. I remember someone had said, "It is a day to dress up and have fun." But is that really what it is all about? I feel that Green and White Day is much more than that. That dressing up is just a small piece of it. It is a time when we get to show our school spirit and appreciation for the school. It also shows our appreciation for our community .
Sometimes we take for granted what remarkable a town we live in. It has great school systems and hardworking and intelligent people living in them. My friends from my old school often complain about how lucky I am to be going to and Meiji High. They keep telling me I should be thankful for the wonderful teachers and coaches that are in these schools. One of my friends has to travel a long way away from her home because they don't have even a high school there. The school she goes to isn't even that great. Another one of my friends says her school is horrible because some of the teachers are prejudiced and enjoy picking on them. When my friends tell me stories like these I feel grateful that I have the chance to go here and avoid prejudice and bullying. I thought about what they had said about being grateful. I looked around and I saw what a diverse school we have, with so many different people from different backgrounds and with different opportunities. It made me feel proud to know that I'm part of that and grateful for my situation right now.
Sometimes during the year I have thought about all the school spirit that we possess. It is like we are one big group of cheering fans working together to root for one another. I remembered when Mr. Kimura and the kendo team were going to break the record and go to the nationals. The whole school was working together to root for them. It was crazy. We were all so proud of how well they had done. Then there are the sports teams. They all work together and the school has pride in them when they do well or badly because they gave it their all. Our sports teams have done extremely well because of teamwork and great effort that is put it in by everyone. They are an inspiration to us all. Then there is the band and chorus who work together seamlessly together to create lovely music. Teamwork embodies so much of this school. It is really astounding to think about. Then there is all of the group work that we actually do in class and the group projects. I had a group project last month with one of my friends and we didn't agree with each other's ideas. We eventually realized that sometimes that two heads are better than one and that by combining ideas we created an awesome project. I learned that teamwork is all around us and it can help us create marvelous things like the Green and White Day celebration. The student council has spent a lot of time organizing this, so that it will be the best Green and White Day yet. The teachers also have helped with the preparations for it. All of the hard work they put into creating this really paid off.
Our teachers, they all are wonderful. They teach us so much, even if we ask the same question for the 20th time. A few days ago in science, I just couldn't understand why the ratio of oxygen atoms to hydrogen atoms in water was 8:1. I just couldn't understand why that was. Mrs. Watru spent 10 minutes trying to make me understand. During that time she never lost her patience or temper. She explained it to me until I finally got it. The teachers are always trying to help us. They always encourage us and believe that we can do the impossible. The teachers are always thinking about our best interests. They never would say that we are hopeless cases. In their eyes we are students, making up a community. It is their examples we follow. They never give up and show us that we have to try to make it somewhere. They all work together as a team of teachers to help us learn. As students we show them that we follow their examples of kindness, patience, respect, and most of all teamwork. Sandra Day O' Connor once said
"We don't accomplish anything in this world alone ... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something."
That is what the teachers have helped us create. They have taught us to work together, to be honest and to be respectful. With that knowledge, we created the community that is Meiji High is today. All of the teachers have imparted the valuable lessons of respect, honesty, and teamwork. We will try and try again until we make a better community than we already have now.
When I look out at all of you, I see bright young men and women who are trying to make a difference. Our actions here, of kindness and respect are our first small steps to making the Meiji High and our community a much better place. I hope that we all keep the precious lessons that we have learned here deep within our hearts for the rest of our lives. So that when we are the ones who are adults we can teach those lessons to the people around us and be proud to say that we learned them here, at Meiji High School. As Margaret Mead once said
"Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
So I thank you all, the staff, the teachers, and most of all my fellow students for giving me the best high school experience I could have asked for and imparting me with so many valuable lessons. Thank you all so very very much!
"Morning Megumi!" called Kaoru as Megumi walked into her homeroom.
"Hi" said Megumi stifling a yawn.
"Late night?"
"Yah. I had to finish my speech. I was just coming to drop my books off and then I was going to hand in my speech."
"Cool! Can I come with you?"
"Sure, why not."
Megumi and Kaoru walked off down the hallway to Ms. Hotori's room where Megumi would drop off her speech.
"Oh, hello girls. Are you dropping off a speech?"
"Yes, I am ma'am." Megumi handed over the envelope containing her speech.
"Thank you. I will notify you by break to tell you whether you are a finalist."
"Thank you." Megumi said and walked out of the room.
"So do you think you will do well?" asked Kaoru curiously.
" I hope so." said Megumi looking in front of her. She didn't think she would see them. She didn't want to see them. Megumi just stood there frozen in her tracks.
"Megumi... Megumi are you okay?"
"Huh, yah I'm fine just spaced out." Megumi tried to smile but she couldn't. She couldn't stand seeing Sanosuke and Sayo so happy together. I hurt her a lot.
Kaoru kept shooting furtive glances at Megumi. She finally asked, " It bothers you doesn't it?"
"What does?"
"You know what I mean Megumi. I not stupid."
" I don't know what you are talking about Kaoru." denied Megumi.
"You know what I mean. Stop denying it I was like that once too you know. I can tell. You love him." she said.
Megumi stopped before replying, "Yah, it hurts it always hurts. Every single time this happens to me. I tried of it feeling worthless and full of pain."
Kaoru tried to comfort her. "You know it will be alright."
" What will be? It never will be fine. It never has and never will be understand that. Everyone else gets their happy endings, not for me." she walked off towards homeroom.
"It will be one day…."
Megumi was still depressed; the thought of them being together hunted her. It was torturing her inside and out. She soon saw a friendly face. Shura her study hall buddy was smiling waving at her and pointing to the seat on her right. Before Megumi had made it to the first row of desks Mr. Mura came over to her.
"Megumi, I have been looking for you."
"You have?"
"Yes, Ms. Hotori has informed me that you are a speech contest finalist. I very proud of you."
"Oh, thank you," she said blushing bright red, "Should I go down right now?
"Yes."
"Thank you again Mr. Mura." Megumi walked down toward Ms. Hotori's room smiling. She couldn't believe it after all of that hard work. She had made it. The gray walls seemed a little bit brighter nothing could ruin her moment. She turned the corner and bumped into a tall figure.
"Sorry" he said stepping backwards offering his hand to Megumi who had fallen at the impact. She looked up at him staring into his deep chocolate eyes. She took the offered hand and could feel his strength as he pulled her from the ground. She could seen her face turning bright red.
"I'm so sorry this was all my fault." she murmured. She took a short bow and rushed off passed him her hair whipping up behind her as she went. The boy turned his head in her direction. Then staring down at his hand he smiled, "Anytime." With that he walked a way the smile still on his lips.
"Hello you must be Megumi." said Ms. Mura holding out her hand.
"Yes, it is a pleasure." she replied back.
"Well we're just waiting for the other finalists and the student council members to arrive. Oh here is you speech feel free to reread." she handed Megumi the speech to read while she waited.
"Yes, now that were are all here. We can start the finals. How about you go first Megumi since you were the first one here."
"Alright."
"All the other finalist in the hall. You may begin."
Megumi began to read she rushed through her speech because she had gotten so nervous waiting. When she was done they all clapped politley.
"Do you have any comments for Megumi."
"No. She had an awesome speech." said Soujiro, the student council president.
" I second that." came the reply from Anji, the treasurer.
"Well that was a wonderful speech. I will let you know whether you won tommorow."
"You may go back to your class."
"Thank you." said Megumi bowing and leaving the room. The rest of the day went by a blur all she could remember was all the people saying congratulations as soon as they had heard. Megumi went home smiling and stayed that way until she fell asleep.
AN: Okay sorry for the long wait I had to rewrite some and I had a lot to do lately. Sorry. The next chapter will be out sooner but shorter. 2 more until the finale. Chap 4 is all done. just need to type it up!
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