It took me a solid minute before I could comprehend the situation. After a moment of zoning out, I said nervously,"Um, Nadia, Are you awake?"
I was answered with pure silence. I slowly got out of my bed, afraid of waking her up.
I ever so slowly go to my bathroom and wash my face, thinking it was just a dream. As soon as the water particles touched my face, I woke up. I look around gasping for air. "It-It was just a dream. Oh god.", I realised. After that, I got out of my bed, I was confused. But, for some reason..., I was glad and disappointed at the same time.
I see Nadia still asleep, so I go ahead and wake her up. I asked her,"Are you leaving or should I make breakfast?"
"Ahhhh? Could you repeat?", she replied.
So I decided to make her breakfast anyways.
Nadia goes and washes her face. And when she came back, she asked me,"What are you making?"
I replied,"Oh it's nothing, just some toast."
"I see", she said while yawning. "Want some coffee?", I offered. "I would love to.", she replied almost instantly.
After a while, we both eat breakfast and Nadia goes to her room. I get changed and wait for Nadia. "She sure is taking her time huh.",I said to myself. After a while, I hear a knock. "Finally...What took you so long?", I said while opening the door. "What the....", I said in a complete shock. "What's the matter?",she asked me. "It's you...You look very different.",I replied.
"Anyways, let's head out. We are going to be late.",I concluded the conversation. But as I try to get out of my room, Nadia blocks my way and raises her head. "What are you even doing?", I asked her. She stared at me for a while and suddenly, she stub my toe. After that she ran away. "Why is she acting so weird so suddenly.", I asked myself.
After that I try to catch up to Nadia. But as I was taking the first corner, I see that Nadia was getting attacked by some random dog. The second I saw that, my first instinct was to rush to Nadia and kick the dog. Once I did that, the dog ran away. I look at Nadia and lectured her,"Why did you run!? You could have gotten injured! Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?"
"It's all your fault!",she said and fled away. Those words made me question my every action. If it really was my mistake, I wanted to figure it out. "Was it because I lectured her for being late?", I asked myself. As I was walking, I was recalling every single word I said to her.
Then it hit me. "Is she angry because I told her that she looked different?", I thought to myself. "That has to be it...But, why did I even say that?", I said before zoning out. I wanted to know exactly why she looked different. She did look better dressed. But what else? But suddenly, I had figured it out. I sighed.
Once I got to school, I searched for Nadia. But was unable to find her. So I decided to talk to her in class. During class, as expected she was avoiding me. So, during class I pass her a piece of paper saying,"Still mad?". She notices it and reads it. After a while I see a paper placed on my desk. I read it," It's non of your worries, and I don't care about your sympathy. Not anymore." I write her another message saying,"Well that would be untrue, because if you truly didn't care you wouldn't put in the effort to write something back to me."
She sees the paper but doesn't read it. So I try looking away, and as I have a look from the corner of my eye, I see her reading it. That was a sign that I could still get forgiven. So I write her another message saying,"Are you mad because I didn't compliment you wearing your dress neatly, and curling your hair, and also the extra bit of care in your make up? Well if I am right, forgive me. Please."
I placed the piece of paper on her desk. And as she was reading it, her face expression changed. Then she looked at me and whispered,"Took you long enough."
As the class bell rings, I give a smile of relief. As that was happening, I wished I could tell her how cute she looked.
But of cours, I didn't have the guts to do so. But suddenly I hear someone calling me and Nadia. Turns out it was the teacher calling us. We both walked up to him, and I asked why he had called us both. "Well I just wanted to inform you that your qualification performance is on this coming Friday.", he replied. "Oh I see....WAIT WHAT?!", I exclamed. "I wish you two the best for your performance.", he wished us.
I slowly turn my head to Nadia and asked her,"S-So, any idea how we are supposed to prepare in two days?" She replied,"That's no big deal, if we just give it our all, it's easy."
When I heard those words, I knew the coming two days weren't going to be easy. But I tried to ignore that, and decided to have my lunch in piece. But before I could even have a singular bite off my food, I was interrupted. "ROBERTTTTT! Are you ready for tomorrow!?", someone came in screaming. I seemed to recognise that person,"Um, aren't you the overreactive musician?", I questioned him. "You are correct my friend!", he replied. "Hey, but wait. What do I need to be ready for?", I questioned cluelessly. "Come on, don't act stupid. Did you forget? Tomorrow is your audition. If you win it, you will be selected as the official pianist for the festival week.", he explained.
When I heard that, I was put in a difficult situation. Do I follow my passion or support Nadia. "O-Oh right, I almost forgot. Thanks for reminding.", I thanked him nervously.
"My pleasure, but for now I need you in the clubs ro-",he was about to finish his sentence, but was interrupted by Nadia."Robert! the teacher is calling us, he has some important things to tell the participants about the competition.", she said while gasping.
"Now what? Who do I choose?", I asked myself.