"morning guys" I said coming down the stairs and grabbing the coffee pot "are u ok?" Micky asked me, I raised my eyebrow "yea, why wouldn't I be" I asked "well, its just it 10 am and normally you are totally dead until at lease 11 30" Micky asked "well Sandy's still asleep but I'm waiting for a call from my parole officer" I said sipping my coffee, Micky nodded and handed me a ribbon "Franny's, at school but she asked me to show you her 2nd place ribbon she said to quote since Aunty Chris didn't want to come to my show tell her that I got second place" I smiled "I did want to go but I had a panic attack so I couldn't go" I said "Chris that's not good you haven't had one of those in over a year, what triggered it?" asked Micky "Sandy did actually, she was talking about going back to prison and I started hyperventilating and ran upstairs but she came upstairs and we talked so I was fine" I replied "okay" Micky said nodding.
My phone started buzzing on the counter and Sandy walked down the stairs "shhhhh, no-one talk its my parole officer" I yelled "is that why she's so hyper or has frank given her something" Sandy whispered at Micky I glared at her and she laughed. "Hi, Larry yea I'm good how are you, well thankyou for calling hopefully I wont be hearing from you any more" I said laughing down the phone I hung up and put it on the counter "I'm free" I yelled hugging Sandy "no more parole for me, no more parole for me" I said dancing round the kitchen.
"uhh Chris your phone is ringing again" Sandy said I turned around and answered "go for Chris, oh hi yes that's me, oh wow really, this afternoon, uhm yea ill be their" I said flustered "who was it" Micky said dumping his bowl in the sink "my school" I said slowly putting my phone down "oh my god, you never finished school did you, do you have to go back?" Sandy said obviously amused by the situation. I laughed "no actually, they said I have enough credits from my presentation on drugs and the effects of them to graduate but I have to go , this afternoon" I said "you actually did a piece of school work?" Ian asked me he had apparently come in the kitchen at some point, "that's the thing I never did a presentation on drugs, but if they think I did I might as well graduate right?" I said leaving it up to everyone else "yea, what the hell why not" said Ian, Micky just shrugged and Sandy nodded "ill call my parole officer see if I can get a pass of house arrest for the afternoon" she said, I nodded "I guess I'm graduating". "who's graduating" Frank said walking into the room "fuck off frank your not invited" I said "I didn't plan on coming anyway" he replied "phenomenal parenting as always frank" I said clapping.
It was 11am by time Sandy got of the phone with her parole officer and Micky, Me, Ian, Lip, Debbie and Franny, who had come home from school early to help me prepare, were all sitting in the living room "so, is this like a formal graduation or like a jeans and a shirt kinda thing?" asked Debbie "they said formal but no floor length dresses so I'll probably just wear the one I wore to Micky and Svetlanas baby thing, you know the blue satin one, it's either that or the long one from Ian and Micky's wedding" I said and Debbie nodded "oh and you all have to dress up aswell" I said which was followed by a selection of various groans and sighs . "Okay, I have good news and bad news" Sandy said coming down the stairs "so you can come but theres rules" Lip said "yea, so I can come but someone who hasn't been to jail has to be with me at all times" Sandy said looking at Lip I looked over at him and pouted "okay, I'll stay with her" I stood up and gave him a hug and then grabbed the vodka "Chris, its 11 10 in the morning" said Ian "and I'm graduating" I said to him as I pulled the shot glasses out and filled them up.
The dress:
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"This dress does not look how I remember it I can not go in this I look like shit" I yelled down the stairs "I'm sure you look fine, just come down were gonna be late" yelled Lip up the stairs "Chris you have been upstairs for like 2 hours just come down" yelled Ian, I walked down stairs in my dress "I look like the ugly sister from Cinderella" I said "your literally wearing Cinderellas color and your blonde, what the fuck you talking about" said Micky "I look ugly" I said swinging my hands down "okay, babe you look beautiful but can we just go" Sandy said walking up towards me and taking my hands, I sighed "okay fine, someone pass me my choker" i said "your gonna freeze take a jacket" said Ian "ill be fine" i replied, Lip nodded and passed me my necklace and they all walked out the house. Sandy pulled me back "you OK?" I shook my hands up and down "i'm nervous" I said "hey don't worry, you're gonna be great" she said.
"Christina Gallagher" my name was called and I walked up to the stage in my cap and gown, the gowns were navy blue so it actually looked kinda cute with my dress. I took the piece of paper and shook my teachers hand I walked back down to my family and started signalling for them to leave. "you don't want to throw your cap up or do whatever, I don't know i didn't graduate" Sandy said to me "no, i don't want to do any of that shit lets just go" I said she nodded and got up "here" she said handing me her leather jacket "awww, are you giving me your jacket, you going to take me to prom to?" I said mocking her "fine i'll take it back" she said taking it off my soldiers "no I want it" I said yanking it back on my soldiers, "aha, ill wear the suit at prom then" she said laughing at me.
