How May Got Andy
Once upon a time
in the small red dot that was Singapore
in an old HDB 5-room flat
there lived a girl
The girl’s name was May (actually her name was Mei, but she told her friends to call her May as Mei was old fashioned and so Chi-nese)
she was 16
thin and gangly
without any of the attributes you usually find in a model
May was basically your average plain Singapore girl
She went to school in the morning
went shopping with her friends in the afternoon
gossiped and talked about boys
Chasing after the latest brands and styles like any other normal girl
she was sporting 4 bands on each wrist and had just rebonded her hair for $120
But like all other normal girls
May had a crush too:
A crush on the cutest boy in her school, Andy!
With his broad shoulders, bronze skin and a face that would sweep any girl off her feet,
Andy was the most desired boy in school
But the problem was that half the school loved Andy too
(yes the entire female population)
and how was she ever going to compete with the richest most popular girl in school,Sonia
who was also Andy’s girlfriend?It was hopeless.
Sighing, May went on doodling absently in her drawing book as she stared at Andy lovingly, dreaming of him sweeping her off her feet into his arms
carrying her off into the horizon
Then suddenly
“May Tan! What are u doing drooling on your book! Pay attention!”
May looked up guiltily as the class broke up in laughter, with hoot calls and shrieks
Her face coloring, she mumbled an apology and buried her face in her book, drawing furiously.
Two hours later
after the bell rang
May found herself dashing out of the school with all the others, cramming at the exits without a care. Suddenly she heard someone calling her, it was Andy! “Hey May, would you like to come to my party on Sunday?”
“Everyone will be going. It’ll be at the disco club at 8pm Be there okay?” Without waiting for an answer, he turned and ran away to where Sonia stood waiting for him. Despite this, May still felt very pleased and happy with a warm feeling in her heart. She smiled happily and skipped home. Imagine, that he had asked her out! (The fact that fifty other people were invited too did not matter to her)
For the rest of the week, she was in a very good mood, humming to herself frequently, she was dreamy and happy, always smiling for no reason. All the while thinking of how she was going to “accidentally” fall into Andy’s arms at the disco and they would look into each other’s eyes and in their hearts know that they were meant for each other. Then Andy would turn around and tell Sonia that they were over and he was now May’s boyfriend, then he would sweep her off her feet into his arms and they would dance for the whole night together and go to his place after that. Everyone would look at her in envy, and she would be happy.
Soon the days passed quickly by, and it was the night of the disco. May wore her best partying clothes, a sexy black dress which would have been sexy on her, if she had any chest to speak of. But it showed much of her back, so she wasn’t too concerned; and the sexy black sandals she bought at the pasam malam for $36. With her hair all done up and her make up all on, she took the SBS bus to the disco, and waltzed gracefully in; to a scene of wildly gyrating bodies and loud blaring music.
Excitedly, May plunged into the sea of bodies and started to dance as well, and soon came face to face with Andy. He looked magnificent, with sweat running down his face and his fluid powerful movements. May would have fainted if there was room to faint. Remembering her plans, she “stumbled” forward into him. Just as he moved away. Losing her balance, her arms wind-milling wildly, she fell against another body, this one of the class geek. Squealing, she pushed him away frantically and dusted herself off.
Looking about for Andy, she found him standing by the bar, with Sonia all over him. They were making out in front of everybody! Stifling a sob, May dashed out of the disco, not caring when someone spilled a glass of wine all over her dress. She was a fool! How could she ever have thought that he would like her? Bursting out into the cool night air, she started to cry softly. Tears spilling down her face, she walked home slowly, not caring that it was a 30 minutes walk; after all it would be a good long time for her to cry.
Reaching home, she turned on the lights, and got a shock. Lounging on the sofa was a man in his late fifties, smoking a cigarette. He was wearing a black suit, and black shiny shoes and stylish sunglasses. She exclaimed loudly “Who the F#ing hell are you!” Bringing the cigarette down, he grounded it on the table and said, “I am your fairy Godfather. Most feared of in the underworld and the fairy world, gang leader of the mafia. You must be thankful to have me.”
May stared blankly at this stranger who was shaking his leg on her sofa. “I don’t know you. I don’t have a fairy Godfather
You must be mistaken, how did you get into my house?” Shaking his head the fairy Godfather said “You’re right, you have a fairy Godmother. But she didn’t pay her debts so I was forced to hospitalize her; that’s why now I’m standing in for her.” Seeing May goggling disbelievingly at him, he sighed. “Nowadays, the young people all so distrustful; must be the culture. I still say mafia best, very simple; either die or don’t die. So my girl, I know you want that young ruffian Andy don’t you? Just say yes or no.”
May felt very hopeful; she very much wanted to believe that this fairy Godfather could really give her the man of her dreams. Opening her mouth, she said slowly, “Ye…Ye… Yes!!” Smiling the fairy Godfather snapped his fingers twice. Suddenly, Andy appeared in the middle of the room, with two mafia gang members by his side. He looked around wildly, his face smeared with lipstick. “Huh, where am I? Who are you, May what are you doing here? Aren’t I in the disco? Where’s Sonia?”
“Tsk tsk. Can’t you show some respect here young man, I’m May’s fairy Godfather and I want you to be her boyfriend.” May looked gratefully at the old man and smiled at Andy. With a bewildered expression on his face that made him look even cuter, Andy protested “Wait a minute old man. What fairy Godfather, you must be senile to think I would even believe in such childish things already. And I already have a girlfriend, her name is Sonia. S-O-N-I-A!” Staring at him, May’s fairy Godfather took out a mean looking chopper and started trimming his nails with it, he looked so cool! One of the mafia members casually took out a shotgun from his coat pocket and started reloading it.
Andy cleared his throat nervously and laughed weakly. “Er haha, maybe I was lying. I didn’t think that I was good enough for May. I really want to be her boyfriend.” May looked at the fairy Godfather happily, “Godfather, keep the fairy Godmother in hospital okay?” The fairy Godfather looked at her and nodded, with a tiny smile playing on his lips
Then in a flash of smoke, he and the two other mafia gang members disappeared
Looking at Andy, May smiled wickedly
And so this is the story of how May got Andy
And they lived happily ever after
The end.

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yao wrote this and sent it in for the hans christen anderson writing competition and he gave me permission to post this here.its really closely related to real life teenagers except for the last part where the weird fairy godmother appears.oh i LOVE these 2 parts :"With his broad shoulders, bronze skin and a face that would sweep any girl off her feet, Andy was the most desired boy in school. " and "All the while thinking of how she was going to “accidentally” fall into Andy’s arms at the disco and they would look into each other’s eyes and in their hearts know that they were meant for each other. "
Its a nice story but there like thi s really abrupt ending when they wicked fairy godmother appears and -poof!- there's a magical twist to the end of the story.the front caught my attention.yao says he was being creative :"May wore her best partying clothes, a sexy black dress which would have been sexy on her, if she had any chest to speak of. "
haha.scandalous! but nice anyhow...