Saturday, September 01, 1990
Part 5 : The confession ( Part 1 )As the days went by , my attraction for Torrence did not waver . Like a seed planted by cupid in my heart , day by day the attraction grew stronger . I enjoyed the time i spent with her in school . I dreaded the mother tongue lessons where she was not around , the mother tongue lessons I spent thinking of her smittenly . And speaking of which , my monther tongue teacher was ancient looking . he looked as if he came from the era of the 3 kingdomes . maybe he was the last surviver . And all that he taught was alien to me . However he taught very little and spent most of his time scolding the class .
Soon i started to think of her all the time . at home , in school , during cca trainings . And eversince i had gotten her number , I spent all my time at home smsing her . My "love device " never left my side .
It then dawned to me , since I liked her so much , why not make her my girl friend . The only problem was , how ? The trend nowadays was to ask for stead first , and go out later . I hated the word "stead" it was so crude , it lacked sincerity . I couldn't picture myself saying " would u stead with me " . Sad to say , those words would be my downfall . Therefore , to suit my preference , I adopted the stategy of asking Torrence out b4 i would asked her to be my girl friend . Now all I had to do , was to actually say out these thoughts in my mind , And what a daunting feat that would be .
The next day , during maths lesson , as Miss Sheryl was on sick leave , the whole class had a free period . What a great stroke of luck .Heaven's grace was shinning in my favour . Seeing that the coast was clear , and no one would hear of my proclaimation , I turned to Torrence . " Err Torrence I er , I . . ." . " Hey Torrence want to go play murderer ? " , asked Jacie . Jacie was Torrence best friend . Torrence , Jacie and Kathleen were inseperable . " Ok " replied Torrence .
She the turned over to me and said , " You wanted to tell me something ?" . " Nah its nothing . "i replied sheepishly . I thought to myself , what a great moment to confess , and Jacie just had to ruin it . Despite my first failure ,i would not yield . The next period was Geography . Due to Miss Goh's strict appearance , the whole class fell silent . Thinking now would be the a great chance to excecute my plan , I forgot about Miss Goh's hawkeyes . As I turned to Torrence nervously saying " Torrence there is something I like you to know , I ..... " . " Samuel Chan stand up and stop talking " growled Miss Goh . Another chance wasted . By now the repeated taste of failure was slowly chipping my determination away .
After Geography it was English . I knew I had to stop beating around the bush and tell Torrence how I felt . After greeting the Miss Pauline , I immediately turned to Torrence , with my heart throbbing nervously and the sensation of butterflies-in-my-tummy coursing through my body , " Torrence i really like you , will you please go out with me ? " i stammered . All of a sudden , I could hear a loud ringing sound , the sound did not go away , it was getting louder and clearer . then I heard a moan , " Samuel its time to wake up for sch ! "
End of part 5 .
x penned @ 11:56 AM