Side by Side, Eye to Eye
  • Dear Journal,
  • I just went to the studios. But I had a very lovestrucking time. From getting jealous to kissing Ronan and getting trapped in a love spell. Wait until the end when you’ll find something typical for boys to ask girls.
  • So, I arrived at the studios, and the first thing I saw was Gottfried waving to me.
  • “So how did it go with Ronan?”
  • “It went…good.”
  • Inside, I looked to find Ronan with Melanie.
  • What do I do if they’re just friends? I thought to myself.
  • I looked at them with a confused look. And then a woman walked up to me.
  • “You’re Sabrina right?”
  • “Yes.”
  • “Okay, great! So, what we want you to do is to accompany Ronan. You got that?”
  • Accompany Ronan?
  • I was confused! Very confused.
  • I then walked to the place where I was going to “accompany” Ronan. Before I even proceeded, Gottfried stopped me.
  • “You can’t go dressing like that!”
  • “Why not? It looks fine to me”
  • I was wearing a suspender dress. I didn’t have a problem with it.
  • “Is it too plain?”
  • “Well–”
  • “I knew it, just give me a second!”
  • I ran to a dressing room and changed into a skirt with a poet shirt.
  • “You know,” I said, “You act a little like Ashley when it’s about my clothes.”
  • The woman, who was the interviewer, Showed where we were sitting. So as the camera rolled, the interviewer asked Ronan to tell them about the plot of the movie.
  • He went on, and on, and on.
  • “Now what can you tell us about Lila?”
  • As he talked about Lila, who is a girl that Marcellus lures, I started to feel…sad without warning at all! While I did feel sad, I heard Ronan describing Lila.
  • “Lila is very…”
  • He was having a bit of trouble describing Lila, so I said, “Feisty!”
  • “Feisty, I would say.”
  • And he gave off a chuckle. And then he went on, and on, and on, and on about Lila.
  • “Now what can you tell us about Melanie?”
  • I let out a tiny gasp.
  • I feel like he’s been trapped under a love spell! I thought, I have to do some kind of ritual to get him out of it!
  • And then Ronan started saying how Melanie was brilliant and how much she’s been EXPERIENCED by many things in theater, such as being in “The Secret Garden”!
  • I felt jealous in a sad way.
  • “Are you okay?”
  • “Yup, I’m just fine! I just need to be somewhere right now!”
  • And I dashed out in tears (a little bit). Right at the porch of the house set, I cried of sadness and jealousy.
  • “If he’s under a spell, I need to figure out one of my own to get it out of him! I know one that might work!”
  • I remember my cousin being through a real “love” spell before. And all she did was hug and kiss.
  • But she told me for younger ones (like me), you must be humored, and you must smell your partner’s breath…3 times.
  • I never did it before, but I was about to.
  • I was sitting on the porch and Ronan came out.
  • “Are you okay?”
  • “Yeah, I’m fine!”
  • “Why did you run out? Were you nervous?”
  • “No, I was…tired!”
  • “Tired? I don’t believe that!”
  • “What do you know?”
  • “Well…when I started to talk about Melanie, you started to frown a bit. And when I said that she was professional, you looked down all sad. Very sad. I just want to make sure you are okay.”
  • “I’m fine, it’s just…”
  • “Yes?”
  • “I……never mind.”
  • “Okay.”
  • I couldn’t figure out when to do the Ritual.
  • Inside, I saw Ronan and Melanie talking. I believe they’re talking about going to Windsor!
  • I went to an empty room to call my mom about this. But I accidentally bumped into a boy.
  • “I’m so sorry!”
  • “Are you okay?”
  • “I’m okay. I’m sorry if I–”
  • The boy stood up; he looked familiar.
  • “Are you Neil Perry? THE Neil Perry?”
  • “Yes.”
  • I was jumping for joy! I was so happy. But then I remembered I had to get Ronan out of the spell he was in and that I had a spell to cast to get him out of it.
  • “I’d love to stay and chat, but I've got something to do!”
  • “Where are you going?”
  • “I’m just going to call my…cousin”
  • “What for?”
  • “About her…her…never mind.”
  • “It’s okay, you can tell me. I won’t be mad.”
  • “Fine. I’m jealous!”
  • “About what?”
  • “Do you know Melanie and Ronan”
  • “Uh…yeah! They were really excited to meet me! Why? Are you jealous that Ronan prefers Melanie and not you?”
  • “Well…sort of.”
  • Neil looked at me sad and confused. And then Kaylie walked in.
  • “Don’t tell this to Melanie or Ronan, okay?”
  • I said when I ran off and out of the room. A couple of minutes later, I saw Neil with the two.
  • And Kaylie walked in on them too! I looked away, and in the corner of my eye, I saw them looking at me; I pretended I didn’t notice them.
  • I was almost in tears when Gottfried walked up to me. I gave a smile and quickly walked outside.
  • When I got outside, there was a big helicopter! I was astonished by it!
  • Wow!
  • I then thought, What scene could they be doing with this?
  • And then I saw Ronan walk out with Neil.
  • “Cool!” I said.
  • But I still felt that glum feeling. We started the filming. I saw Ronan getting to use a clapboard.
  • “I want to use a clapboard!” I said in envy.
  • And then I sighed, “Let’s see if he can humor me.”
  • We all walked closer to the helicopter.
  • I’ll never forget what Ronan said that time, heehee.: “Blah, blah, blah, something, something, something, *a bunch of gibberish*, mark!”
  • I only let out a chuckle.
  • “Dang it!” Ronan hissed.
  • As he banged his seat, he lost his place and tumbled right onto me, right out of the helicopter.
  • “Are you okay?” I asked.
  • “Yep, I think so.”
  • Then, unusually, I started to giggle. I saw his face; nothing yet. And then, a couple of minutes later, I bursted out in full laughter!
  • “Are you okay? What’s funny?”
  • “Your face!”
  • “My face?”
  • “You’re so cute!”
  • “Why?” Ronan asked as he blushed in bewilderment. Eventually, my laughter softened.
  • “I’m sorry, when you fell onto me, I saw that look; you were being cute! So cute!”
  • I gave him a warm embrace, just so that he’d understand my crush.
  • I then felt him breathing on me; I smelled it; it was HEAVENLY!
  • “Breathe for me, please?”
  • Ronan breathed 2 more times; it was very perfect.
  • “Your breath smells nice."
  • “No it doesn’t!” Ronan said.
  • “I thought it smelled minty?”
  • “I barely brushed my teeth this morning!”
  • “So?”
  • “So…it smells bad!”
  • “No, it doesn’t smell bad!”
  • “Yes it does!”
  • “No, it don’t”
  • “Yeah, it does!”
  • I didn’t want to keep arguing so I said, “NO…IT… FLIPPING…you know what, it does, you’re right!”
  • “Thank you!” Ronan said in relief.
  • I walked all the way back to the house…and started to get glum…again. Back inside, I pulled up my phone and brought up Youtube Music.
  • I didn’t know what song to listen to.
  • “I wonder if Ronan likes music.” I said to myself.
  • Kaylie walked up to me and said, “Maybe.”
  • The three boys walked inside as if they were a boy band…like the Blues Brothers.
  • “So,” Kaylie said, “Are you going to ask Ronan on a date, I bet you are!”
  • “Maybe, why?”
  • Kaylie’s jaw dropped.
  • “Because,” she said, “I saw you laughing your head off. All because you said that he was cute!”
  • “Oh…okay.”
  • I gave a little box to Kaylie.
  • “A ring? We’re not getting married, are we?”
  • “No, it’s a friendship ring. I got one for Gottfried too.”
  • “Huh! Did you get one for Ronan too?”
  • “Oh, I’m saving that for last!”
  • “He does look cute, doesn’t he?”
  • “Yup, he does. If only I could…”
  • “What? If only you could, what?”
  • “Uh…kiss him?”
  • *crickets chirping*
  • “What???”
  • “Oh boy!”
  • “You…want to kiss…Ronan o’Foghladh?”
  • "Yes,” I said firmly, “I do want to kiss him!”
  • And then, uncontrollably, we started squealing like 2nd graders.
  • After 6 whole minutes of laughing out of control, we were EXHAUSTED! VERY exhausted. I went to rest outside; Ronan came to join me. I stared all the way from the balcony of the house.
  • “I think you have…an amazing…smile…you were…very happy!”
  • “Aww, thank you, Pretty Boy! You’re so sweet!”
  • I might’ve scratched his rosy cheeks…just a little. And then my arms flung around Ronan’s neck!
  • I only kissed his right cheek. But my guts said something to “kiss him”, kiss him.
  • “Sabrina…”
  • “Ronan…”
  • We got closer…until I pressed my lips on his. It lasted for about 4 seconds. We broke free.
  • Soon, there was a strong breeze, with leaves spinning around us. I laid on Ronan’s chest for dear life.
  • Afterwards, I saw my mom’s car pull up.
  • “Let’s go inside!”
  • “Okay!”
  • I dragged Ronan inside, then my mom walked in with Ashley, who was on her phone.
  • We then started talking. And then I saw Mom talking to everybody.
  • “Sabrina…about the kiss, I…”
  • “Yes?”
  • “I was wondering if you’d like to come over to my…um…condo.”
  • “I’d…I mean, I’d love to!”
  • “Really?”
  • “Yup! When, what time?”
  • “After this, at 4:45pm.”
  • “It’s a date then!”
  • “Okay.” I gave him a very warm embrace.
  • “Um, how about tomorrow, I’m busy today.”
  • “I don’t mind.”
  • “I love you so much.”
  • “Me too!”
  • I didn’t even notice that everyone was watching, so I tried ignoring it; it still bothered me.
  • However, I couldn’t let go of the embrace. I may have broken it to Ronan…that we were stuck.
  • How crazy was that?
  • About, not going to lie, 20 minutes later, we finally broke free. I felt my heart pounding!
  • “See you tomorrow!” I said as I walked the way out.
  • And that’s how I ended up here, writing it out. I feel so…good now since I wrote it. Ronan and I are getting along great! I’ll write to you soon.
  • All the best, Sabrina.
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May 2, 2008