Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Starry Eye Surprise


September Thursday 27, 2007

Today was extraordinary. I record it so that it will be remembered and never forgotten. My day started at seven in the morning as I woke up to begin getting ready for my tasks ahead of me. I had to be at work at nine a.m. and my shift was to end at three later that afternoon. Nothing too exciting took place, however, after three p.m. I received the strangest feeling, like a voice, telling me I should go down to the lower level of the mall. I was unsure at first but quickly thought about the new Hollister store that was soon to be open. As I made my way down the escalators, I noticed the store was not open yet but without thinking, I proceeded in that direction. When I reached my destination, I was beginning to feel my feet screaming to rest, relax, and sit down. Conveniently, there were benches to sit down on. As I was about to sit down, I heard the voice speak to me again ordering me not to sit down, but to go into the store they were directly in front of called Hot Topic. I wanted to ignore it this time and attempted to sit down again. It grew louder and ordered me not to sit down. Like a child, I obeyed the command by folding my arms and pouting as I entered the store. I couldn't believe what was happening. In my head I asked the voice to tell me why I was in the store. It replied telling me that I was waiting for someone. It refused to mention a name but I hoped that I wouldn't have to wait for very long.
Time passed and the clerks who worked there asked me questions I really couldn't answer. I didn't want them to think I was crazy so I pretended to shop. After fifteen minutes had gone by, I heard a voice behind me say, "Hey, look at this!" The voice went into my ears, then to my brain and I instantly recognized who had said that. As I turned around to see him, I was shocked to know that I was right. I was so happy to see him. The handsome guy standing in front of me was Johnny Walsh Jr., a classmate from a History class I had taken a year ago. Once we said hello to one another, I decided to give him a hug. The hug wasn't very long, however, during this hug, I saw into my future. I had glimpses of conversations and days we would spend together in the far future. My crushing feelings that I kept in the back of my head instantly came forward. He introduced me to his mother who was shopping with him. Johnny and I started to converse about so many different things. Just then my phone decided to go off so I reached into my pocket to silence it. He then popped the phone number question, which I had wanted for so long, and my soul freaked out inside! I wanted to scream and jump around to show my overwhelming joy but I was able to contain and save it until I was home later that evening. We flirted and had a great time but unfortunately it reached an hour to where that all had to come to an end. I was sad as we said our goodbyes and then before I knew it he was gone.
Even though we could text or call each other, I couldn't wait to see him again.