Republic City High School (Modern life)

Chapter 23

Opal's POV

Saturday afternoon with less than a week until graduation for so many of my friends. Three of my closest friends and three of my teammates. I swear my heart swells at the thought of them leaving the high school but I can't wait to see what becomes of them.

Asami of course will be the CEO of Future Industries with no need for mechanic school. Korra is most likely going to a school to train for the nation's youth volleyball team. From what I know of Mako, he's going into service to become one of our police officers in Republic City.

Anali is going overseas for culinary school and an internship she scored at a hightier restaurant. Lian, I heard, is going to a local college to start a business and earn her bachelor degree in business.

I sigh as I think about everything and all the planning I have to do because I'm the junior class president. I'm still deciding whether or not I regret running or not because of how busy and stressed I've been.

"What's on your mind?" I hear, pulling me out of my thoughts.

I turn to face my adorable boyfriend with a tilted head. "Huh?"

"You zoned out again." He chuckled. "What's got your cute little head in a tizzle?"

"Tizzle?" I tease with a giggle.

"Yes, tizzle. I think I used it correctly." he now questions himself holding his chin.

I kiss his cheek with a sweet smile. 'I have the most adorable boyfriend in the world, I swear.' I thought. "I'm just stressed about grad night and stuff for the seniors. There's a lot to do." I sigh looking at my laptop.

Right now Bolin and I were together in his living room working on some study guides and homework for school. My laptop was filled with web pages holding either my homework for school, senior information and budget records, or information about senior info and budget or answers to the school work.

Yes it's very hectic and stressful and yes, I'm surprised my computer hasn't crashed yet. My baby is still going strong though and I have no doubt it'll survive these stressful times to return to its greatness over the summer.

"Why don't we take a break. We've been working for three hours straight. Your mind needs to recharge." he says with a smile, placing his papers on the coffee table.

I thought about the offer. A break sounds very nice right now but I have so much to do with so little time to do it. His hand was then placed on my thigh grabbing my full attention.

"Just an hour, take a break for an hour then we can go back to work, okay?"

I smile and nod my head. "Alright. What do you have in mind?"

He smirked and stood up, pulling me up with him. Intertwining our fingers as he pulls me somewhere, barely giving me time to put my laptop down on my papers that lay on the coffee table.

"Babe slow down!" I squeal when I almost drop my computer being pulled towards a door.

Ten minutes later here we are, just the two of us in our own little world with big smiles on our faces. This is probably the most relaxed I've been all day and it was all thanks to my Bolin. I cuddled up next to him with a goofy smile as he wrapped an arm around me with an equally goofy smile on his face.

Double scoops of ice cream in our hands, sitting in a booth in a local ice cream shop a block away from his apartment. I was finally able to take a breather and not think about anything that's been stressing me out for the past month. Only a handful of the stress was released when my best friend gave me a brief update on the Korra situation.