EVERY BREAKING WAVE

hen all of a sudden I heard people screaming, much to the anger of the school librarian who had been trying to tell them all to lo

pening, my two best friends came running t

se they seemed to delay what it was all abou

” came Connie’s

came to Fairfax High!” A

out already. “Who?” But I think I knew who they were tal

! Are you all blind, ladies? Didn't you see the huge s

he gym. Almost everyone in Fairfax High were already inside the gymnasium. Since we were all tiny ladies at a little over five feet and four inches

gged me and Amy in sheer happiness. She was teary-eyed. Am

Amy suggested. She didn't wait for us to say yes. She already tried to inch her way for

r fake, sweet smile. But whispered, “Fvck you,” to them in Connie and my ears. We laughed at her and just tried

said while trying to strain her neck looking at the stage. I was

onnie and

ass to his music. So the crowd was mostly girls. Ridge is

also cheering for Ridge. Some of them even chanted a

ed on political and social issues of their time. I know they were way ahead of my time but I really lik

ng their song Beautiful Day during the team's victory party, after emerging the champions in Fairfax County Youth Football

through the throng. We were able to get closer to the front! Amazing! There were

ttt!” the three of us excla

! Here comes Pep

minions, Greta and Charlotte. They sneered at us. I

ed by the crowd's screams when Ridge started

s as if he was singing the song to me. To say that I was mesmerized by his re

the crowd. It looked like everybody was screaming their heart out but I didn't seem to hear any of them. There was a strange deafening silence. I could hear my h

r a moment and I felt like something went into my senses. I couldn't put them into words. It was as if some

hat I was not surprised at what he did. In fact, I felt like it was the ri

I heard them

ou think you're doing

dy pushed me from behind. I lost my balance so I fell on the floor. While I was scrambling to get on my feet, there I saw Ridge putting his hand on

he have forgotten about me all of a sudden? I swear to God he saw me and

! Thank you all for making our brief stay here in your campus m

otest. So were the oth

the microphone over to his artist. Ridge simply said a mere, ‘Thank

h of disappointment.

m when my two best friends came

you. How the hell did you get to this side of

me. Did yo

ed weird glances and l

ge?” they ask

were beginning to

ing me. “All of us were ignored! Didn't you notice it? You were not the only o

op her from leaving the gym

way you felt during Bea

strange. “Oh-my-God! Are you telling us that you felt a magnetic pull

deafening silence, too. I didn't hear you guys sc

y could say something back to me, Miss Edwards, th

ball team will soon use this for practice and they want to do i

onnie and Amy. They gave her a hair fli

e I forgot about the strange t

to gargle and wash my dry mouth. As I was wiping water off my face, Ridge's car slowed down just where I was an

tance that all I could do was to open my

hat's your n

now, but then I put my hand on my chest and g

eped through the window, too, and squinted at me. Then, he

Li-

unning towards the car when they noticed Ridge was in it. T

almost there