A Love Story

5/1/2017
Tuesday, 2:35 PM.

You stand alongside the rest of Junior and Senior class of Hartside Academy in the cool bright cafeteria. Taking your seat on the bland white bench next to your fellow student, you begin to wonder about the purpose of this surprise assembly. Your thoughts drift further back to when you even heard about it.

About four hours earlier, (Mr. Goodman for Juniors, Ms. Campbell for Seniors) class was interrupted by a Student Council/Dance Committee member (Student Council Member Sonya Rivington for Juniors, Dance Committee member for Seniors). The whole class had been informed to report to the cafeteria at 2:30 instead of our normal sixth period class. It wasn't a surprise that the whole class grew excited. We were willing to do anything to get out of class.

So here we are. The class of (2018 for Seniors, 2019 for Juniors) gathered around with other students from another grade waiting in this room filled with the aroma of grilled patties from lunch earlier, voices from the students conversing with each other, and the lunch ladies moving about in the kitchen. Everything seemed pretty much like a regular assembly in the cafeteria until the Student Council and Dance Committee members entered the room. The entire area grew silent. You figured that this is more than just an assembly. Little did anyone know that their lives would begin to change at this very moment.

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Every Junior and Senior are cordially invited to this year's prom! We would like to give many thanks to our friends from the Pottinger Foundation for their generous donation! We'll be going all-out romantic with out theme "Once in a Lifetime"! Dress formally, behave appropriately, and most importantly, BRING A DATE!

Take the role as one of 8 students that embark on a soul searching journey of romance that may ultimately lead to finding your true love. The only catch- you have exactly one month to do it.

Welcome to "A Love Story"!