First Dance

A Biographical Context written by

Joana Vizel D. Castillo
GAS – 1, Amethyst Quartz

"Kuya Jerum, have you experience to attend to a Prom?"

"Yes, of course. I did, why?"

"Nothing. I just want to know if it is fun, is it fun?"

"Actually not, it wasn’t fun because of the food. Can you believe it! We only have junk foods
for food where it was in the canteen and we look so haggard because there were only few fans at
the gym no such things to do, so boring!"

"Oh, then I’m not going. I bet our prom will be as boring as yours. And I also don't have any
idea to whom will want to give my first dance”

"But although it was cheap and boring, you still have to attend. High school is one of the best
time of our lives and things like Prom only happens once. If I were you I will go for it so I don't have
anything to regret. Who knows, you might be the Prom's Queen or it might the day where you will
meet your destiny or so called forever"

"Yeah, your right!" I said sarcastically to my brother with matching eyebrow

And whoa! That conversation was so, so, so, so. I don't know.

"Who cares about the prom anyway?" I said while crossing my arms.

"I do, you know what? I think prom was so wonderful. It's the day where we will feel that we
are Queen dancing with our King" said Vincent (my gay friend)

"bruuuuuuu"

I remember the first day of our school in grade 10. My seatmate was Vincent and my
classmates were my classmates already back in grade 9 and the other was transfer students where
they were just few.

"Vizel, what is the name of that handsome guy?" asked Vincent while pointing at Carpel.

Carpel is a nice guy, he is humble and an average guy, I can say that he is handsome because
he really is and I also don't call him in his first name, Carpel but instead ‘Lanto’ which is his last
name.

"He is Carpel, Carpel Sweet Dreams Balmes Lanto" I answered.

"Is he a nice guy?"

"Yeah, he is. Why?"

 "Nothing. Just asking, *giggles* he is so handsome"

I look at him and saw how he smiles at him. I remember the day when I first hear his name I
can't believe that his name is Sweet Dreams. When the first time I saw him he is not handsome at
my eyes but when I transfer to their section and know more about him, I don't see him like he was
before. It was like there were some sparkle in my eyes everytime I look at him and he don’t just
make me smile but laugh so loud like how loud my heartbeat was, it makes me feel that enthusiasm
that I have never felt before.

It’s like, I was in love.

Yet I wasn’t.

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At the middle of our 1st grading period I didn't expect that our adviser will arrange our seats
and he became my seatmate and we get closer to each other. When I was finally accept to myself
that I was in love with him, I felt like I’m in a cloud nine.

I have felt this feeling even when I was in grade 9; it’s just that I don’t accept it because I
don’t want to be one of the girls who are so obsessed of him.

The day that I didn’t expect to come has just arrive. I really don’t expect that it would happen.
I didn’t expect that he will do it. He will do it even though I was avoiding him because I was seeing
myself looks TANGA in front of him.

The party has just started our adviser ask the boys of our section to invite the girls to dance
with them and she said to us, girls, that if we will be invited by the boys to dance with them we
shouldn’t ignore it so everyone of us will experience to have dance with everyone.

Boys started to invite girls to dance, girls starting to smile to look beautiful, and couples start
walking to the dance floor while me? Just sitting in one of the monoblock chairs and then I slightly
look at my back and saw him walking while staring at me and I can’t help myself but to stare at him
too until I didn’t realize that he then standing at my front while we are still staring to each other.

He then lend his hand to me while showing me his ‘sweet dreams’ smile that I can’t resist.

I gave him my hand and we walk into the dance floor while holding hands and still can’t
believe of what is happening.

When we were already at the dance floor he said something to me before we start to dance

“Hindi ako marunong sumayaw ha” and I laughed sweetly because of that and then I replied

“yan! Aya ka ng aya mag-sayaw kala mo naman marunong ka!" and then we both laugh

He showed to me once again the smile that he always shows me making me smile back to him
like crazy. It's just like yesterday when I was not interested with things like Prom but now, i don't
think so. We just dance for atleast a minute and go back to our seat and take a photo.
 After that my rival, Gaud, talks to me. I asked him who his first dance. He said it was Melanie
and he ask me the same question.

"How about you, who is your first dance,"

"Lanto" I answered whole stopping myself to stop smiling like crazy

"So he takes it seriously" he said while laughing slightly

"What?" I consciously asked

"Remember when he started to seat in front of the class. He said, "I will invite Vizel for a
dance at Senior’s Prom””

That time I didn’t bother to ask him why but there's something in my heart that makes me
smile for the rest of the day.

And the night after the Seniors Prom I plugged my earphones in my ears and randomly play a
music and the song that played makes me remember what just happen at Seniors’ Prom.

The song that just play was Justin Bieber’s

“First Dance.”