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I was thankful for her in my life, but apart from school and her, I felt pretty alone My dad hadn’t talked toand h the new year, so I’d not really talked to her much either After the disastrous episode at Christ
At this point, I was feeling every bit the dog in heat when it cahts about Omar I continued to think about Omar and his iain I
was literally trapped though, unable to do anything until I completed the next two months of school The second I did that, I was free to do as I pleased and I really hoped that O whatever injuries he was now recovering from
I drank toomy misery and loneliness and I continued withI hoped to surprise O pretty well but it was a difficult language and I wasn’t one of the people that had an aptitude for languages, so I was struggling just a bit I was however not giving up and I often caught ht and Omar was finished with me
His lack of communication had increased over the past few months and now that he was apparently on the injured and healing list, I wondered how long before our next coht never coht indeed be over So, I sunk even farther down into my self-imposed pit and I marked days on the calendar toward my day of freedom
CHAPTER TWENTY
Graduation day was finally before me, and I was ready I’d coh I was no longer an A+ student, I was set to graduate in the top ten percent of my class I’d even had a few other job offers fro to the graduation cereh school Dad had rented a hall and ere having a bit of a party
Aside fro tensions between me and Omar, I was kind of excited He and I had talked only a handful of tiht weeks and now he seemed so distant I wasn’t sure I even knew hi, but he refused to talk to me about it Needless to say, the chasm between us had widened and I was now uncertain about a future with him
I looked out over the crowd from my seat on the podium and I found my mother’s face first She was happy, but also had a hanky in her hand and occasionally dabbed at rando hands and no doubtdeals I scanned around and saw a few familiar faces of friends and acquaintances When I noticed atowards the lawn of spectators, I didn’t inize him
In true train wreck fashion, I did a rubber necking double take when I saw the limo from which the ainst the blazing spring sun so I could get a better view of the tall Arabknees and almost fell dohen I realized it was Omar
I darted off the podium and tripped at the bottom of the stairs I fell in a heap and I heard the crowd react I didn’t ain as I flew past the gawking spectators I heard my dad, “Anna, what the …?” And then when he must have also spotted Omar, “Oh no”
Insideand laughing out loud too as I rushed to Omar I stalled and stopped just a few feet from him He looked tired and worn and as if the last six ed ten years and he looked weary I looked down at his cane and then back up into his tear filled eyes
“Goddess I’ve missed you” He said as he choked back sobs
I gave up and full on wailed as I flung ainst his skin,
“Omar, Omar, I love you so much I can’t believe you’re here”