Oakville Senior High School - Tiger Paw Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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nTerpreTed in many differenT ways s body language a foreign language Blonde, blue eyed, and bub- bly, The girl of my dreams came wandering down The hall. WiTh The lighT smell of floral perfume, I could always sense her presence even from afar. Conversafional pieces raced Through my mind while I fum- bled wiTh my lock. As she ap- proached, I Turned, legs shak- ing, palms sweaTing, and made a feeble aTTempT aT small Talk. As hoT as iT is, I can'T believe They Tried To enforce The dress code. NoTicing her head was sTill buried in her brighT yellow locker, decoraT- ed wiTh rainbow wrapping pa- per and a memo board, I goT The impression ThaT she couldn'T care less. Even Though The Tempera- Ture was increasing, my hopes for a daTe were decreasing. Now There was no doubT in my mind ThaT The body heaT be- Tween us was caused by The exfreme TemperaTures. In a fi- nal desperaTe aTTempT, I sim- ply asked whaT she had done for The Monday morning acTiv- iTy in PIaTTe's class. Before she could answer, The lasT minuTe scuffle of sTudenTs reminded us of The Time. DisappoinTed, I headed for my class. As The bell signaled my Third Tardy, I heard her yell, Give me a caII! 1-- ' Readlng all about IT Sen ele -I

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ines of communicoTion Tie us closer eT The good Times ring off The vvdll As eighT o'clock rolled oround, l wos sTill conTemploT- ing giving her o coll. When The clock sTruck nine, my ThoughTs Turned To ocTion. Seorching Through The phone book, l finol- ly come ocross her losT nome which covered o poge. Where should I sTorT? Would her num- ber begin wiTh on 894, 892, or 4187? WiTh eoch push of The buTTon, my finger Trembled more. AfTer five Tries, l finolly reoched The righT number. IT figures! Her number begon wiTh on 8416. Before pushing The buT- Tons, i hod procTiced my open- ing lines. l iusT hoped my voice wouldn'T crock. The ulTimoTe worsT, her liTTle sisTer onswered The phone. AfTer o period of giggles, she finolly onnounced To The enTire house ThoT o i'boy hod coiled for her sisTer. AfTer opologizing for her sisTer's behovior, my blue-eyed dreom ond l conversed obouT The NoTionol Honor SocieTy Tu- Toriol progrom, The new lighTs on The field, ond The overTime vicTory of The Ookvillefivlehl- ville gome. WiTh This cue, l Took The opporTuniTy To osk her ouT. 'il heord The Ookville-lvlehlville gome wos on coble. Do you wonT To come over ond woTch iT? Silence momenTorily filled The oir, Then she meekly on- swered, l'Sure. EcsToTic from her reply we soid 'lgoodnighT. f