"Ariel and John"

Arielle Marie D. Lanot 9-C                                                                              February 25, 2015

Submitted to:  Sir Cloyd Uyson                                                      

                           “These Grains in the Sandbox”

     The Spiegelman family tried to live the best life that they could have and they did.

They are one of the most happiest families that God has ever created. Love had built the most creative and extraordinary;  and a unique bunch of people who had spent their lives committing to each other and no other thing could break their chain. It was very pleasing to see. Every love and pain all mixed up to create something unexpected.  But a mountain wouldn’t be complete without the highest part; as well as the downside. It’s like they’ve been living in a massive sandbox that anything could be built, anything could happen too.

    A girl named Ariel Dunne was a very adventurous yet quirky young woman whom everyone wanted to be friends with. At the age of 17, with almost everything on her side, she didn’t expect that she would miss one person. A guy named John Romeo Spiegelman who’s on the same age, is a very quiet yet an absolute singing legend to his very own ears. Ariel Dunne was the only girl who would dare to hear heartfelt words from a lone wolf who had been hiding for years. Quickly, they’ve become the best of friends. Ariel would often pick John to be her partner in adventures that no one had tried before. John had his feelings on hold when this one trip have met his timing. In an abandoned farm house far away from home yet not far from life, with the two bestfriends alone in the early sunrise, they made themselves comfortable on the flat grass outside the abandoned house. With John’s hands on his guitar’s strings, and since Ariel is comfortable with him, she too had been hiding until now, she sang while he strummed the guitar. All their emotions are released for the world to hear. Their feelings for each other had been felt too, but for themselves to keep. 

Days have passed and they had become closer than before, they had helped each other by opening each other’s eyes and brought each other’s title as boyfriend and girlfriend. Weeks have passed, they were inseparable. They show their love for each other very intimately. All the hugs turned into accidental brushing of lips, then turned into passionate kisses. It became their everyday greeting. Months have passed and their dreams are slowly starting progress. John’s songs are paying off and are being admired as well as Ariel’s books, or should I say, journals. A lot of people loved her books because they are full of honest words and reality. Virginity also got lost. 6 years passed, from 16 to 22, they were the next big thing. John Romeo Spiegelman started recording in the studio with some popular music celebrities, while Ariel Dunne, on the other hand, had interest in acting, her first debut as a lead role landed that year and her performance was jaw-dropping. She some other movie roles and lots and lots of people are looking forward to it. 

They were both superstars. From 22-24, 2 years later, when a heartbreaking news shocked the whole world. John Romeo Spiegelman got involved in a car accident. He lost his hearing and he broke his wrist (which is absolutely sad for a guitar player and a well known singer) . He needed surgery which costs a lot of money. So Ariel worked hard and earned money for him while he stopped working on music for 3 years. So after all the work Ariel had done, she finally has the money for his surgery. They were already 27. Time passes by really fast. So weeks after his surgery, he decided to take things up a notch and asked her if she could marry him. Of course she said yes. John restarted his career and made everything bigger. They were magnificently almost the perfect couple to a lot of people. Then later on, they got married and they had 2 kids, girl and boy, Margo and Adrien Spiegelman. 

One night, the kids are already asleep. But Ariel and John talked about how unique their life was. It was indeed unexpected and magical. It’s like they’re re-reading each other’s old text messages. 

It’s amazing how time races you and you don’t give up on the track. I always said that I’m in love with the places I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met. And he always said that it’s almost like we were strangers to each other everyday and we get to be ourselves but we never knew how come we get interested to each other while the clock ticks around. I guess we chose a path with zigzags,tunnels and as well as intersections. These grains in the sandbox can prove to you that love can be shaped into something  amazingly weird.