I’ve been watching this one ongoing drama. The storyline goes like this:
In the city of Milky City, there was a couple, Vick and Sherry. They’ve been in and out of a dating relationship for four whole years now, ever since Sherry started high school to her graduation. Sherry is 18 and is currently a high school graduate who’s planning on going to Milky City University. Vick is a year older with a low-paying job and attends the same university. Throughout their time together, they’ve been through a lot of ups and downs, with each other and especially with Sherry’s family and friends. The whole time they’ve been “together,” Vick has never once met her parents nor ever put himself out there to meet Sherry’s family. Of course he has tried but when he did, he never got along with any of her family members when they tried reaching out to him. So after awhile, whenever Vick came over, he always made Sherry come out of the house and sit in the car with him to talk. But soon afterwards, Vick suddenly broke her heart. Ever since then, Vick always came back in desperation and Sherry always forgave him, yet the cycle kept going on until a certain someone came into her life.
Episode 1: So it’s the summer after Sherry’s high school graduation. She currently isn’t talking to Vick either. A few weeks into summer, her grandmother passed away. Because of that, a lot of relatives came to Milky City to see her. One of those relatives was named Tommy. Tommy was related to Sherry and her family through his step-mother, so in actuality, they aren’t blood-related whatsoever. Tommy came from a decently steady family and went to a pretty good university in Cherry City, Illago. He’s visited Sherry them before a few times in the past such as New Years. Ever since Tommy first came to visit with Sherry’s family in Milky City, Tommy was always looking at Sherry cause she was a beautiful girl. Despite the three year difference, it didn’t matter that much to him. But he was always too shy to talk to her so he gradually befriended her and her family. He finally decided to muster up enough courage to ask Sherry for her number when Sherry’s brothers and sisters and friends and family decided to go to the lakefront in Milky City. He confronted her, pulled a sly yet still shy move on her, and got her number. Then Tommy left for home with his parents and cousin that same day.
Episode 2: From then on, for the next two weeks, Tommy and Sherry constantly texted each other every day. They texted so much to the point where they knew what each person was doing each day. During this two week period, both of them were so joyful. They talked to one another casually, joked around, laughed, even flirted here and there. For example, every morning became a competition to see who woke up first. Tommy even slightly changed his sleeping schedule in hopes of beating Sherry at least once.They made small promises with one another too. Their relationship gradually grew stronger and deeper as they continued to text. Eventually, Tommy mustered up enough courage again to call her. After their conversation ended, he thought to himself, “Wow, Sherry sounds so cute on the phone.” Of course, due to his shyness, he never told her. This continued for more days to come.
Episode 3: July 4th was right around the corner. Tommy’s parents decided to go visit Sherry and her family again. And without a doubt, Tommy hastily agreed to go. However, that particular Friday before he left, he got a sudden phone call from Sherry. However, it wasn’t Sherry who was on the phone; it was a male’s voice. Tommy immediately thought it must’ve been Vick. Vick started threatening Tommy, saying things like, “Lay off my girl. Don’t f*** with me.” However, Tommy wasn’t scared one bit. He just simply replied, “We’ll see what happens dawg.” With that said, Vick hung up and Tommy was left stunned at what just happened. He immediately contacted Sherry’s sister Blair and told her what just happened. She replied saying, “Damn that Vick! He’s doing it again!” By now, Tommy’s mind was going crazy. He didn’t know what to think. All he knew was that she was with Vick at the moment, and they weren’t at her house. Blair and her family didn’t even know where Sherry was. That night, they all worried for her. He barely slept at all.
Episode 4: A few hours later, Tommy woke up around 7:30 am, packed, got ready, and left with his parents, his brother Theodore, and his cousin Frank to Milky City despite what just happened. He texted Blair again telling her he was coming. She replied back saying that Sherry still hasn’t come home. This worried Tommy even more. Once he arrived, he wasn’t surprised to not see Sherry home. Everyone in Sherry’s family was also aware of the relationship that Sherry and Tommy have developed. An hour or so later, all of Sherry’s family(excluding Sherry), friends, and church, along with Tommy and his family, went to a park for a picnic for the day. They played volleyball and grilled. It was a joyous occasion, yet inside Tommy’s heart, he felt uneasy. In his culture, if something like this happened to any girl where the girl sleeps at a guy’s house, then it’s customary for them to get married. Everyone knew this and expected this to happen.
Episode 5: Eventually, it did happen. Sherry agreed to a marriage. Vick’s family came to her house to discuss marriage negotiations that very same day. This broke everyone’s heart, not just Tommy’s. Everyone had high hopes for her because she is a brilliant girl. Yet they all questioned why she agreed to the marriage. She has the right to decline too, but she didn’t. In Tommy’s mind, he was thinking Vick might have done something or influenced her in some way to convince her to marry him. He also thought this was due to Vick’s jealousy towards him. But these were just thoughts. The next day (Sunday) Tommy continued to feel uneasy and disappointed. He was always thinking, “Why did she do it? What about me? Why did she pick him over me? What about these last two weeks? Weren’t we happy? Wasn’t she happy?” These thoughts continued to haunt him throughout the next two days. As July 4th was nearing its end, after a few games of basketball, Tommy and Sherry’s family went to watch fireworks. However, things just didn’t feel right. Everyone felt that way inside their hearts. Things were incomplete with Sherry not being there with them all. Many of them, including Tommy, sat on the grass and stared at the dazzling explosions in the sky.
Episode 6: The next day was planned to be another picnic. Everyone went to the same park but a different campground and grilled and played sports once again (still without Sherry). The day was filled with laughter and smiles. Despite Sherry’s absence, Tommy did enjoy his time in Milky City during the July 4th weekend. Though Sherry’s entire family and church felt so sorry for Tommy because of what’s happened, Tommy clinged on. The wedding was set for the next weekend so he had almost two weeks to talk to Sherry and convey his true feelings to her as well as hear her side of the story. Sadly though, in reality, because of his schedule vacation to Alaskotopolis, he only had one week to talk to her. That Monday night, Tommy left for home. Saying his goodbyes, everyone encouraged him and told him to keep his head up and not to worry. But Tommy’s heart couldn’t help but worry. This weekend all Tommy wanted was to see Sherry. If Vick hadn’t taken Sherry away from him,Tommy would’ve been so happy being with Sherry all weekend. He wanted to be with her, laugh together, get to know her more, stay up late at night and talk, compete with one another in their sleeping battle at her house, and many more things. Because those things didn’t happen, the two hour car ride back home wasn’t as swell as he anticipated.
Episode 7: There was hope though. The next day, Sherry was on Facebook. In hopes of communicating with her, Tommy signed on and waited for her to initiate the conversation. After a couple of minutes, Sherry IM’ed him first saying, “I’m sorry.” In Tommy’s mind, something was finally going his way. This was his chance to tell her his feelings! So he took action. He asked her questions regarding him. He wanted to know what she thought of him, what he meant to her, why he chose Vick instead of him. Slowly but surely, answers came from her, and Tommy wasn’t content with it. But because he’s too nice of a guy, his selfless side took over and wished her happiness. After an hour conversation with Sherry, she left. Tommy did feel more at peace, but he still had questions and things to say to her. He wanted to selfishly say, “Don’t marry him. Come back to your family. Come back to your church. And please come back to me.”
And this is where the drama stops. It’s an ongoing drama. It’s a pretty crazy drama right? I wonder what will happen in the next few episodes.
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