storytelling attempt no.1
9am and she's awake. as she lay in bed, she thought "it's boy's birthday in a couple of days' time but i'm not going to be around to celebrate it with him. i'm going back tomoro... perhaps i could throw him a surprise birthday party tonight." she smiled as she made her plans. rolling over on her side, she watched as he slept peacefully beside her.
11am and she got up. went to shower and began her plans. he was still fast asleep. she msged his flatmate telling him of her plans and asking him for help. they decided on him asking boy to go up to uni for a game of football but when they looked out of the window, decided to change their plans to a game of badminton instead. it had been raining for the past few days and it was still raining.
2pm and he was getting ready to go up to uni for badminton. it was pouring and she prepared the sole umbrella for him. he needed it more since he was going to be going away on a trip for awhile and should not be catching a cold. as he was about to leave, she asked if he would leave the keys for her so that if the rain stopped she could go out.
4pm and it was still raining. she decided not to wait any longer and she hurried out into the wet and cold dressed in jeans and a hooded jacket. she had not been out in the town on her own before and she was worried that she might not be able to find her destination. and she was right. she ventured up and down the lanes, in and out of alleys... before stumbling upon her destination out of the blue. running into the shop to get out of the rain, she got a look from the shop owner that seemed to say, "stay out". but she didn't care. she headed straight in and she picked out the present and handed it straight to the owner. he looked at her, dripping wet, and told her the price. she said she knows and asked if there was a box that she could put it in. he packed the present up for her with a shocked look on his face but nevertheless gave her a discount when he found out what she was doing.
5pm and she dashed out of the shop and back into the rain. she somewhat figured out her second destination while getting lost in town a second time. unfortunately the shop did not have what she wanted and she wandered around town figuring what she should get instead. when she decided, she hurried into the shop and bought the cake and then she made a mad dash back home as she knew he would be coming back any moment soon. when she got home, she hid the cake and the present in her luggage and changed out of her wet clothes and blow-dried her hair with his hair dryer.
6pm and he arrives home. he asked her if she went out at all and she told him no. he then went to shower and she moved the cake and the present to his flatmate's room. and so the plan was in force. luckily for her, one of his friends had some friends over and so she decided to bring them up to introduce them to everyone after dinner. giving everyone else a perfect excuse to be hanging around the flat.
11pm and she has made several attempts at lighting the lighter to light the candles. no use. the lighter did not work. the flatmates joined in her search for a working lighter and eventually they found one. she lighted the candles and made her way into the kitchen where he was playing bridge with his friends. one of the flatmates flicked the light switch off while the rest began to sing the traditional birthday song. boy was sitting with his back towards the kitchen door and did not turn around to see what was happening. when she placed the cake right smack in front of him, there was a look of shock on his face. when his friends reprimanded him on not turning around, he reasoned that he thought it was one of the other guy's birthday. which was somewhat a good excuse as it was after all a few days before his birthday.
a few days later and he calls her from his trip. his flatmate had just given him the present she got for him. he asked her why she got it and she asked him wasn't it what you've been wanting for so long now? she had saved her money in order to be able to afford the present but that was all that she told him. she did not tell him about her little adventure in the rain and that she was now sick. and until the day when they parted paths, he never knew how and when she got the present and the cake.
11am and she got up. went to shower and began her plans. he was still fast asleep. she msged his flatmate telling him of her plans and asking him for help. they decided on him asking boy to go up to uni for a game of football but when they looked out of the window, decided to change their plans to a game of badminton instead. it had been raining for the past few days and it was still raining.
2pm and he was getting ready to go up to uni for badminton. it was pouring and she prepared the sole umbrella for him. he needed it more since he was going to be going away on a trip for awhile and should not be catching a cold. as he was about to leave, she asked if he would leave the keys for her so that if the rain stopped she could go out.
4pm and it was still raining. she decided not to wait any longer and she hurried out into the wet and cold dressed in jeans and a hooded jacket. she had not been out in the town on her own before and she was worried that she might not be able to find her destination. and she was right. she ventured up and down the lanes, in and out of alleys... before stumbling upon her destination out of the blue. running into the shop to get out of the rain, she got a look from the shop owner that seemed to say, "stay out". but she didn't care. she headed straight in and she picked out the present and handed it straight to the owner. he looked at her, dripping wet, and told her the price. she said she knows and asked if there was a box that she could put it in. he packed the present up for her with a shocked look on his face but nevertheless gave her a discount when he found out what she was doing.
5pm and she dashed out of the shop and back into the rain. she somewhat figured out her second destination while getting lost in town a second time. unfortunately the shop did not have what she wanted and she wandered around town figuring what she should get instead. when she decided, she hurried into the shop and bought the cake and then she made a mad dash back home as she knew he would be coming back any moment soon. when she got home, she hid the cake and the present in her luggage and changed out of her wet clothes and blow-dried her hair with his hair dryer.
6pm and he arrives home. he asked her if she went out at all and she told him no. he then went to shower and she moved the cake and the present to his flatmate's room. and so the plan was in force. luckily for her, one of his friends had some friends over and so she decided to bring them up to introduce them to everyone after dinner. giving everyone else a perfect excuse to be hanging around the flat.
11pm and she has made several attempts at lighting the lighter to light the candles. no use. the lighter did not work. the flatmates joined in her search for a working lighter and eventually they found one. she lighted the candles and made her way into the kitchen where he was playing bridge with his friends. one of the flatmates flicked the light switch off while the rest began to sing the traditional birthday song. boy was sitting with his back towards the kitchen door and did not turn around to see what was happening. when she placed the cake right smack in front of him, there was a look of shock on his face. when his friends reprimanded him on not turning around, he reasoned that he thought it was one of the other guy's birthday. which was somewhat a good excuse as it was after all a few days before his birthday.
a few days later and he calls her from his trip. his flatmate had just given him the present she got for him. he asked her why she got it and she asked him wasn't it what you've been wanting for so long now? she had saved her money in order to be able to afford the present but that was all that she told him. she did not tell him about her little adventure in the rain and that she was now sick. and until the day when they parted paths, he never knew how and when she got the present and the cake.
daybreak
i'm still awake
one week
and i'm still weak
i'm still awake
one week
and i'm still weak
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