Stars

The sound of my alarm clock bounced in my head. My head throbbed with each urging scream. I pressed my pillow against my ears, trying to block out shouts that command me to wake up. I groaned when my alarm turned off, knowing that either Cindy or mum had entered the room to successfully wake me up. “Rise and shine lazy ass.” Said Cindy. I moan in response. The blanket is suddenly pulled off of me and the cold air bites at my bare arms and legs. My eyes cracked open and the sunlight from my-now open-blinds blind me. “We’ll be late if you don’t get up.” And she slapped my forehead. “OW!” I straighten up, ready to strike back, but my sister is already gone. My eyes darted to my bedside clock, 7:30 am. “CINDY!” I yell, “IT’S ONLY 7:30! GIVE ME ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OR SOMETHING!” and I pulled the blanket over my head.

8:35 am and I’m rushing to get ready. “Cindy you bum!” I yelled, I avoided using rude language in front of our mum. “Why didn’t you wake me up?!” I quickly pulled on my grey school dress and frantically brushed my teeth. Cindy who was all ready came into the bathroom to brush her long hair; “I told you to get up, you’re lazy as!” she set down the brush and walked out before I could turn around and dig my fist into her face. Obviously I wouldn’t actually punch her, I just feel like punching something at the moment.

I shoved a piece of toast into my mouth and ran to start our car. “Why are you rushing so much?” asked Cindy looking at the time on her phone. “It’s 8:47 am, it only takes us 10 minutes to drive to school.” “I have an excursion to the aquarium today! I was meant to be at school at 8:30!” Pulling on my socks and shoes, calling my mum to hurry up and get in the car.

I called Tanya as I urged my mum to drive faster. “Tanya! Can you tell Mr. Dublin to wait for me? Please? I’m coming in 10 minutes!” I heard a laugh, “I’ve already told him, we all know you love visiting the aquarium.” She laughed again. “It was so hard to get out of bed this morning,” I said sluggishly. “Why do you sound like sunshine?” I heard giggles on the phone. “You will never guess.” Tanya said. “Tell me!” I heard muffles over the phone, like people were fighting to talk to me. “Mel!” I heard Sally say. More muffles. “VIXX IS GONNA BE AT THE AQUARIUM TODAY!” she shouted. “I bit my tongue and covered my mouth with my free hand to prevent myself from screaming with joy. I hear Tanya saying something like “Sally! Why did you do that?” in a soft and distant voice. Her voice came back to normal, “Sorry, it was meant to be a surprise. I told Sally not to tell you but she got too excited.” I sighed softly, “I wish Adriana was able to come.” Adriana went to a different school as everybody else, but they always took the opportunity to hang out. “Yeah, everybody does, but we said we’d take pictures fro her. That’s the least we can do right?” I could hear her smile on the phone. “Yeah,” I responded. “ See you at school!”

8:56 am and I bolted to the school bus with the running engine. Breathing heavily as a searched for the heads of my friends. A blond head popped up and blue eyes sparkled at me. “Mel!” chirped Sally; she patted the empty seat next to her as an invitation. “Hey guys! Thanks for waiting.” Julie and Tanya were sitting behind me. “You should thank Mr. Dublin.” Said Julie nodding to our homeroom teacher. “Good morning Mr. Dublin!” I shouted so he could hear me, “Thank you for waiting for me!” I smiled; he smiled back and gave a thumbs up.

I couldn’t sit still on the whole trip to the aquarium. Not only was I going to visit the aquarium, but VIXX was going to be there as well! The four of us rushed out of the bus and frantically searched for the band. No sight of 6 handsome men, only old couples, little children on an excursion, families. No handsome men. Disappointed, we stomped over to where Mr. Dublin was standing with the rest of our class. “Here is our meeting place!” said M. Dublin in his deep voice. Mr. Dublin was a young man, but he possessed all the features of an older man. A deep voice, strong, bulging muscles, a few tattoos on his legs that poke out when he wears shorts. Some girls say that he’s handsome, and that they would go for him. They say they have a shot because he’s single, but I really doubt it. “We will be going on a hunt of some sort.” He continued. “In pairs, you will go and find the animals listed on this sheet,” he gave a sheet to each student. “and you will write three facts you learnt about it.” I cheekily looked at Tanya and she looked back with a small smile on her face. This decided that we were partners. I couldn’t wait to get started! The aquarium is a magnificent place full of life and wonder. Mr. Dublin’s thundering voice interrupted my thoughts, “We will meet back here at 12:00 for lunch, then I will take you to the dolphin show. After the show we will continue the hunt for an hour, meet back here and watch a short magic show.” A classmate put his hand up, “What is it Jeremy?” the teacher kindly asked, “What if we didn’t bring lunch?” “There is a café here at the aquarium, if you have forgotten your lunch you can purchase lunch from there.” I checked my watch; 9:45 am. I grabbed Tanya’s hand and we walked off to Julie and Sally who were partners. We walked off together, giggling, because technically we’re working in a group of four. We decided to look for the café first so that we could get anything if we wanted to. Then we saw a large banner with ROVIX (VIXX’s logo) on it.

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