I can't belive it happened to me

• Zoe Sigalla
• Short Story
• 2005

Once upon a time their was a girl called Romy who longed to be in the Olympics for soccer. She practised every day at school but she never got into the Olympics. Romy really wanted to be in the Olympics because her dad is a famous soccer player, her mum is a famous netball player and her brother is a famous tennis player. She wanted to follow in her dads footsteps and that is why she is doing soccer. So in this case she asks her dad how she can be in the Olympics and her dad tells her 'You should just try your best that's what counts'. Then she asked her mother and she said ' Just practise as much as you can and one day you will be in the Olympics'. Then she asked her brother and he said 'Get a coach at school then you would be able to get into the Olympics’. So that afternoon she went to the school to get the coach. He was very nice. We had to get started at the schools gym we practised shooting, dribbling the ball and many more. We finished at six o'clock in the night. That night Romy was feeling very sick. Her mum came in and said ‘Is everything all right darling?’ and of corse she said everything was alright because she didn’t want it to be a big fuss so she went to bed early that night for tomorrows practise. The next day the coach had big news and the news was that he was allowed to get five of his students for the Olympics and he thought that Romy is good enough to go in the Olympics and of course Romy said yes. After a few minutes later she said 'Mr. Rom I won't let you down'. It was the big night when the Olympics. But Romy wasn't scared when it was her turn. After a while the judges made their choice and said 'in third place came Eliza in second place came Emma and first is ROMY'. Romy came out to get everything and she said into the microphone 'I can't believe it happened to me'. And she had the best life a 16 year old would ever have. At the after party her coach gave her a hug and said ‘I am so proud of you!’ After the after party Romy went to get her pictures taken. When she got home she had to go to bed. When she woke up the next day she had to go to high school and when she got to her school Roseville everyone was crowding around Romy to get her autograph. Of course she accepted it. When she got into her classroom her teacher asked her what she would like to do today and she said ‘Free time for everyone’. So that day Romy had the happiest day of her life. That afternoon her mum said ‘How was your day Romy?’ and Romy replied ‘The best’.