A real life occurrence that happened in my life that I turned into a short story

She winces in pain as the makeup artist slowly brushes lip gloss onto her already pink lips. It was just ten hours earlier that she had her lip busted in the middle of a very intense soccer game. She remembers that game, and even that specific moment, very clearly. It was senior night and she couldn’t have been more thrilled. Her parents had already walked her down the field in the previous semester for band senior night. As they line up along the track at the back of the field, her heart is pounding. Could this really be her last soccer game before the state tournament? She hands her mother the flower that she was given and interlocks her arms with her parents. The announcer proclaims, “Number 10, Leigh Ann Baber. She is a three year letterman and plays center defense. She will attend Pulaski Technical College for two years and then attend Arkansas Tech University.” As they approach the middle of the field, the photographer directs them to the side so they can take a picture. After the remaining girls and the boys were introduced it was time for the game to begin. Lake Hamilton isn’t a good team, but they aren’t terrible either. About halfway through the game, she sees the large girl dribbling the ball down the sidelines towards her. There was no way she was going to let her score. There is one defender between her and the Lake Hamilton girl. She is covering her player, but the Lake Hamilton girl beats her. The Lake Hamilton girl flies down the sideline and she is right on her heels. She catches up with the Lake Hamilton girl and moves her off the ball. As she pushes the Lake Hamilton girl to the left of the ball, the girl lifts her arm and the next thing she knows is that she has a mouth filled with blood. The Lake Hamilton girl has elbowed her in the mouth and her lip has busted. The referee blows the whistle indicating that a personal foul had been made. Her coach calls her off of the field so the trainer can get the bleeding to stop. Coach approaches her, bends down to her level, and whispers something to her. The trainer clears her to go back onto the field, after all, it was only a minor injury. She jogs to her spot on the field and she sets herself up in the most defensive stance she can: hips dropped into an angled position. She is ready. The girl that busted her lip makes contact with her and gives her an evil grin. The girl is approaching her very quickly. It is almost as if the girl is flying. She is prepared to do what coach has instructed. The girl makes a fake and attempts to go around her left side. She keeps her eye on the ball. This has to be done precisely or else it won’t work. Her foot comes into contact with the ball and the girl begins to fall forward. As the girl falls to the ground she grabs her left arm, squeezes very tightly, and takes her down with her. “Leigh Ann? Kay is talking to you”, states her mother in a very annoyed tone. She comes back into reality and apologetically says, “Oh, I’m sorry. What did you say?” Her hair stylist gives her a warm smile and repeats herself, “What does your dress look like?” She unlocks her phone and pulls up a picture of her prom dress. After her hair and makeup is done her mother takes her home to finish preparing for a night she won’t ever forget. Her prom date is her long time best friend Stephen. He approaches her on this rainy afternoon and gives her a hug. He looks at her dress and exclaims, “You look great!” She looks down at her dress. It is pink with brown pieces in the skirt. The piece right above the beginning of the skirt is bedazzles with large gold stones. The shoulder strap is also bedazzled and goes across her left shoulder. There is a small train in the back. Stephen then gives her an annoyed look and says, “Are you serious, Leigh Ann?” She gives him a very confused look and says, “What?” He points to her left arm. She looks down and sighs very deeply. She has three finger print bruises from last nights’ game. Stephen then points to her mouth. She states, “Look. I’m sorry. I did what I had to do.” He just shakes his head. Her mother overheard their conversation and asks her, “What did Gentry say to you last night when you were on the bench?” She reluctantly replies, “He told me to take her out.” Her mother gives her a very satisfied look, because she knew her daughter had done just that. Their group lines up to take the stereotypical pictures and then they cram into their black Escalade limo. Their driver takes them to the Promenade in Little Rock for dinner. Their entire group has reservations at seven at Ya Ya’s. After they finish eating they walk around the Promenade. The air is cool and crisp with a light breeze. It is also a tad humid outside due to the showers they had in the morning. At about nine they all loaded up into the limo. The driver takes the long way to the Clinton Library. On the drive there the group takes the time to figure out what their “walk out” song would be. The driver pulls up to the Clinton Library, gets out, and walks around to open the door. One of the girls puts the song on full blast. They all get out of the limo as soon as the bass in the song drops. She feels like a celebrity as she stands there in front of the limo with bright lights on her. The crowd is cheering and they walk down the red carpet that leads them into the library. When they enter the library they have to go through a metal detector. She felt like she was going through security at the airport. When they gathered their belongings they walked up what seemed like a million stairs. The group finally gets to the room where their prom is being held. They have no idea how their class of 307 people would be able to fit in that tiny room with their dates. The room is dark and the music is very loud. There is a strobe light that is going crazy on the dance floor. She finds her best friend and they are instantly ditched by their dates. Together, they walk out onto the balcony to have a chat, because the music inside was too loud. She instantly locks eyes with her new boyfriend. He looks at her like she is the only girl in the building. He then walks over to her and gives her a very long hug. The three of them decide to go back inside. They are just standing around talking and laughing when all of a sudden her favorite song comes on, which is also a slow song. He grabs her hand and leads her out to the dance floor. He pulls her in so close and puts his hands around her waist while she puts hers around his neck. As they dance to Hunter Hayes song “Wanted”, he begins to sing to her. Her heart seems to melt as she can feel herself falling for this boy. Right before the song ends he stops dancing, lifts her chin up, and kisses her deeply. They had their first kiss during their first dance. She had never felt happier.