SPOTLIGHT TAKEN

"OH MY, I HOPE TODAY GOES WELL", I SAID, THE DAY SAINT WAS TO BE ADMITTED AT MY HIGH SCHOOL.

DEEP DOWN I WAS TERRIFIED THAT I MIGHT LOSE MY SPOTLIGHT WHICH WOULD CONFLICT MY WHOLE LIFE BUT ON THE OUTSIDE, I SHOWED A GREAT AMOUNT OF CONFIDENCE THAT REALLY SURPRISED ME.

WHEN I GOT TO SCHOOL THAT MORNING, I SAW A HUGE CROWD GATHERED AROUND SOMEONE, TAKING PICTURES AND I IMMEDIATELY KNEW IT WAS SAINT EVERYONE HAD GATHERED AROUND.

"RAYA, RAYA, HAVE YOU SEEN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND SAINT, THE IDOL?", SHE SAID WITHOUT BLINKING AN EYE.

"I MEAN HE'S FAMOUS AND ALL BUT, THEY ARE FOR SURE IGNORING YOU", SHE SAID SUMMARIZING HER THOUGHTS ON THE CITY IDOL.

SHE WAS RIGHT THOUGH, DURING THE FIRST WEEK IN WHICH HE ATTENDED SCHOOL, NO ONE EXCEPT FOR CHYNA HAD SPOKEN TO ME. I WASN'T GETTING THE ATTENTION THAT I WAS USED TO.

MEANWHILE, I HAD BEEN LEARNING NEW DANCE MOVES EVERYDAY THROUGH DANCE TUTORIALS ON YOUTUBE. I HAD BECOME SOMEWHAT BETTER THAN MY INITIAL SELF, BUT I NEEDED TO PRACTICE MORE.

NO ONE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF ME LEARNING HOW TO DANCE, NOT EVEN CHYNA. IT HAD BEEN 3 WEEKS ALREADY AND I HAD WRITTEN AND RECORDED A SONG ALREADY. THE SONG WAS INSPIRED BY MY COMPETITION WITH SAINT AND IT FEATURED MY DANCE MOVES IN THE MUSIC VIDEO, OF WHICH I COULD BOAST OFF.

ONE DAY I WAS LISTENING TO THE SONG I HAD RECORDED DAYS AGO IN MY ROOM WHEN MY SISTER BARGED IN WITHOUT KNOCKING

I WAS SURPRISED BY HER APPEARANCE IN MY ROOM SINCE SHE HATED ME SO I ASKED, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?".

SHE RESPONDED BY SAYING, "WOW!, MISS POPULAR, I SEE YOU REALLY WANT YOUR SPOT BACK, DON'T YOU?, YOU ALREADY HAVE A SONG".

SHE LEFT MY ROOM AFTER LAUGHING TO HER HEART'S CONTENT WITHOUT TAKING OR DEMANDING ANYTHING FROM AND TO ME IT FELT SUSPICIOUS, BECAUSE THAT WAS UNLIKE HER.

I WAS QUITE SURPRISED BY HOW SHE KNEW ABOUT MY SITUATION IN SCHOOL. THIS IS BECAUSE, SHE WAS IN COLLEGE AND HAD ONLY CAME BACK HOME FOR SOME SCHOOL ESSENTIALS. AS FAR AS I KNEW, SHE HAD NO FRIEND OR FRIENDS IN MY HIGH SCHOOL.

I DECIDED NOT TO THINK TOO MUCH OF IT. LATER THAT DAY, CHYNA CAME OVER AND I WAS SURPRISED SHE WAS. IT WAS ON A WEDNESDAY, AND SHE HAD PIANO PRACTICE AS USUAL.

I ASKED, "WHY ARE YOU HERE? DON'T YOU HAVE PRACTICE".

"I SKIPPED IT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU", SHE REPLIED.

I BELIEVED HER AND WE SPENT HOURS TOGETHER WATCHING VIDEOS AND GOSSIPING ABOUT OTHERS. SHE WENT HOME AROUND THE SAME TIME MY SISTER LEFT FOR HER COLLEGE WHICH WAS AROUND 8PM. THAT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE SHE USUALLY LEAVES EARLIER THAN THAT SINCE HER PARENTS WERE KEEN ON HER SPENDING TO MUCH TIME OUTSIDE.

I DECIDED TO BRUSH THE THOUGHT THAT SHE MIGHT BE UP TO SOMETHING BAD OFF. I SHOULD HAVE DWELLED INTO THE SUSPICION BUT I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE I DECIDED TO RELEASE MY SONG THE NEXT DAY AFTER SCHOOL. SO I PREPARED FOR BED PRAYING MY SONG WOULD BE A HIT.