I walk on to stage with my knees shaking a bit. I look as neat as a pin and I have revised my speech a dozen times already. In a second, I reach the microphone. I stand behind it and look at the auditorium crammed with students in white. A group of girls point at me and laugh, a troop of boys seem to be more interested in that new girl in her miniskirt and my friends? Well, my friends are grinning at me giving me thumbs up for good luck and my also the ‘rock on’ sign to encourage me. The jury is sitting right in front looking as grim as Hangman himself. A few teachers are beaming as they are sure I would make it to the top. Most of the lot in the auditorium is waiting for a mistake, few have very high expectations, and a few discouragingly don’t care a shit. I open my mouth to say Good morning and all that comes out is a croak. Suddenly, my eyes swell up with tears and I can see nothing. A tear falls down my cheek, the whole auditorium is full of reckless laughter. I rush out of stage only to sit in a corner and cry…
This is the darn thought which comes to me each time I think of tomorrow. I have a speech to deliver on stage tomorrow, and I’m scared out of my wits. All eyes would be on me and I HATE BEING THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION! I would be on the stage for full 2mins 35 seconds! Is that scary or what? Well, when I am speaking in front of the mirror, I feel like a star. My voice sounds so inspiring and so… plain awesome. Why can’t I be so confident on stage? Or maybe I will be. Chances are few. Oh God! Why can’t I have a Fairy Godmother who helps me through this? Oh well, maybe Fairy Godmothers just breathe in good old fairytales. Sigh.
And yeah! Whoever ever said “Opposites attract,” he must have had the coolest brains ever. Here I am peeing in my pants (Not literally, people!) and my guy who is participating in an elocution tomorrow doesn’t even have a clue about the topic and yet, he is a cool cat. That guy confuses me and the more he does that, the more I fall for him. **blushes**
Whatever. :P
So basically, I’m off to rehearse the damn thing over again. Toodles!
“Good morning to one and all! Today I…”
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