A girl changed my life.

I'm now sitting on a bench at the Yuldong Park. The breeze, it is gently sweeping my face and my hair while I'm writing this on my lap. I gotta tell you, the world is happy all over today, with children laughing and running around, joyous couples strolling through the beautiful flower paths, and blissful families having a nice little picnic here and there. Oh, it's time to go to my music class! I love my music class so much that I'm willing to take the class even when I'm dying. 

I used to attend Iowa State University until just yesterday, although I'm 31 by the end of this month. I know it is ridiculous, but my brother made me attend this school, trying to convince me that I've got some kind of disease, which I don't remember the name of, schizcco something. As usual, I walked into the school gate into up the stairs into my Basic Psychology classroom, with my eyes meeting the floor, afraid to meet someone else's eyes. Walking into the classroom, I cautiously looked around the room and noticed a shocking thing; I was amazed by the presence of a new member sitting in the front row, on the very right corner. 

She looked… absolutely AMAZING. She was a typical beautiful blonde, not like my horrible reddish hair, she had such beautiful blue eyes, skin as white as a snowflake, not like my burning cheek, and had stunning body, not like my short, stumpy body. I really wanted to talk to her, but I just didn't have enough guts to do it. She must have noticed that I was always on my own, because during the five minutes of break, she walked up to me and asked if I could lend her notes of the previous lectures. Of course, I didn't have any notes to lend, since I never take notes. Maybe that's why I get F every semester. 

Anyway, one thing led to another, and I found myself eating lunch with her, the experience that was half pleasing and half strange for me. To tell the truth, I've never eaten with a stranger before, or even talked to one. At first, when she asked me to eat with her, I was really worried that it might turn into an utterly awkward lunch. 

Well, my worries turned out to be completely useless, because she was not only beautiful, but also so funny. I was laughing every second we were together, and when she was around, I could forget all the things and not notice the time anymore. She, like me, didn't have cell phone. She said it deterred her from her studies, but I think she doesn't need one since she can get along quite well with others, even without cell phones. In this and every other way, she was a perfect match for me, so we became best friends on the very first day we met, which was just yesterday. It seems like I've known her for years now. 

After lunch, when we went outside, rain was pouring all over as if it were trying to sweep out everything that exists on the Earth. We stared at each other in awe, not knowing what to do. I quickly suggested if she wanted to stay at my house for some time before the rain stops, since my house was really close to that place. Without a word, she ran ahead of me through the rain, and I quickly caught up with her.

It felt so cozy and warm being with her, having a hot cocoa with five marshmallows in each of our cocoa. Like when we had lunch, she was making me laugh again for the whole time, and I was laughing my head off, seriously. Her jokes made my stomach muscles ache. The time, again, flied so fast that it was now time for dinner. I knew exactly when we should eat dinner, because my stomach always rumbles at the exact 7 o'clock.

The ordered pizza arrived, and while she was paying for it at the door, I washed my hands in the bathroom. As usual, I was unconsciously, but passionately, singing the "Take a bow" of Rihanna. I finished the whole song in the bathroom and came out to eat pizzas, but was startled my Sarah standing right in front of the bathroom door. I stared at her in amazement, and she said she had something to talk to me about. I had no idea what she was going to say, so I went over to the sofa with half anxious and half anticipated minds. She seemed so serious when she finally opened her mouth, and that was the first time she was talking to me without making me laugh.

"Clara, I gotta tell you this, and you SHOULD listen to what I'm saying very carefully, all right? Umm… All right, here goes. Clara, You. Are. An amazing singer. You really are. I just heard you sing just one song inside that bathroom, but I can totally tell that you are. I know you've been hiding your own identity probably because you are an extreme introvert or because your brother prevented you from exposing yourself. If you hadn't been hiding yourself so much, you would have already been a well-known singer by now. I think you should try now. It's not too late, Clara"

"Wha,, what, what? I am?"

I couldn't even say the correct words because of the shock I got from her.

"Try what?"

"Try on the auditions of entertainment companies and become a singer! You love singing, right? Just by the voice of yours inside that bathroom, I could just feel your passion."

"Yeah, sure I DO love singing, but I'm not even trained or learned a thing about music, Sarah. It's impossible. It's too late now. I'm 32 soon."

"No, I'm telling you. Remember when I told you that you should always choose to do what you love the most? This is it! You are to enter a field that you're actually passionate about! This is really rare, even for normal people, because it's SO difficult to find a field that matches what you're passionate about, and what you're actually good at. You just did! Well, you were born to be, I'm just the one who found that for you right now, but… The point is, you should at least try performing in front of others, the strangers."

I was completely enthralled by the idea, but I was kind of uncertain of performing in front of others, because I've never done it. I always had to hide from other; I had to sing while taking showers, while no one was at home, or while I was alone in the street at 5 in the morning. I was too afraid. I've never even TALKED to another person before. I told Sarah the truth, but she was too clever to get out of it. She came up with another brilliant idea.

"Hey, why don't you try uploading your own video on Youtube? I know that's how Justin Bieber was casted by Island Def Jam, the entertainment companies that produced many famous figures such as Usher or Mariah Carey. You definitely have the talent, so you SHOULD try this, otherwise I know that you'll regret it for the rest of your life, Clara."

THAT's how
a girl changed my life.