Story about Him

It was a sunny day, some would say like any other, to me it wasn't at all. There was one event that was happening today and it was very special.  It was the annual concert in our school which I decided to take part on this year, by singing two songs with my friends and professors. It is an idea that our school came up with, nine years ago. They waned to connect school activities with music and at the end make a performance, where everyone could see what we worked so hard on for several months.  This year would be the tenth anniversary! So everyone is expecting to have fun and make unforgettable memories with their classmates. We practiced every Saturday for three whole months, so I should be prepared for it... but of course I was still feeling anxious and nervous. Nothing new if you ask me or anyone who knew me better, as I was shy and did not cope well with many eyes focusing just on me.  Some of you would surely ask why did I participate on an event like that then? Well I waned to challenge myself and try something new. Thankfully I had my good friends around to calm me down before the performance. Some did it by saying encouraging words or cracking jokes about anything and everything just to make me smile or chuckle, others would try by teasing me in various ways.  The one thing that I remember and that stayed on my mind of that time, was the comment from my friend Jana. She said that I had to perform well so a guy from class would be amazed and charmed by it.  Truthfully, hearing that guys name from her mouth, especially in that kind of a comment, really shocked me a lot! And I am not exaggerating, if anybody is thinking that, maybe a tiny bit... but that was what I really honestly felt at that moment of time. Don't get me wrong, I was well aware that she said it as a joke, but she knew very well that without an once of doubt I had never thought of him in that way before and would ever do in this lifetime.  She knew that, when it came to him, it was a known fact that I actually could not stand him one bit the first two years of high school, he got on my nerve all the time. You are asking why? That is a good question, really it is, considering how much I emphatized my annoyance towards him, without even explaining it first.  Well let me tell you, I wasn't really keen on making new friends at the beginning of my highschool life, because I was very shy and had already my sister and two friends that I knew, before I entered high school, in my class.  That is why I did not try to make new really good friends and was really distant, may I say cold sometimes... Even though I was like that there were some classmates that tried to get close to me, that guy was one of them, he was pretty annoying to me at that time.  Some would say that the word annoying would not be enough to describe my feelings towards him in the moments he tried to talk to me or get to know me.  For a start, he always had to comment on everything that was happening in our class, without anyone asking him about it or even showing any interest for it.  He always was cracking jokes that only he found funny and had to have the last word on everything, even things unrelated to him.  With all of that, you could add up another annoying thing about him, and that was also the worst part!  He never took anything that was related to school or not to him seriously, so you can pretty much imagine what a nightmare he was when you had to do a project with him.  I was lucky, that I did not have such a misfortune, but my friend Jana had. She had to do a language assignment with him, and all he did was ask unrelatable questions or complain during it, NON STOP. By saying all of that, I think it was enought to make you all now understand a bit better why the comment shocked me, especially hearing it from her. So at that time I just brushed it off by joking with her and saying how silly that comment was, not actually knowing in that moment how right she would be in the future. To be continued...