Masquerade (Michael Clifford)

Chapter 30

~1 Year Later~

"Scarlett Nicole if you don't get your ass over here in the next ten minutes I will drag you over here."

"Wow forceful much? I'm leaving now." I laughed. I heard him mutter something under his breath but he hung up before I got to ask what he said. That was Collin yelling at me for being late to my own graduation.

Not much has happened since last year. Michael and I haven't spoken since the night of the Masquerade but, I do see him around school and sometimes outside of school. As for Luke and I, we're still really close friends. We agreed that we'd never work out and pushed all feelings aside. He's now with Mickey. Some time this year, Michael and Luke made up and are friends again. Michael is never with Luke when I'm with him so there's no problems or awkwardness. After Collin and Paige graduated last year, Collin asked Paige to move in with him and she said yes. I didn't want to intrude in their relationship so I bought my own house, well, studio. I work at a little ice cream shop to pay the rent. Calum and Ariana are doing great, as well as Calum and I. Ashton and Kenna live together and both attend college. Will, Dan and I still meet up once in a while and play music together. We started up a YouTube channel and post covers and original songs weekly.

Today I'm graduating high school and I couldn't be more happier. I can finally leave that shit hole and continue on with life without having to stress out over grades and all that stuff. No, I'm not going to college. I feel like it just isn't for me I guess. I really don't know what I'd major in either, so I'm just go with the flow in life until I figure out what I'm doing.

Shaking my head from the thoughts, I grabbed my cap and gown from on top the counter and walked out to my car. Throwing my stuff in the passenger side, I hopped in my car and drove to my school for the last time. Was I sad? No, school was just hell for me. I seen people I didn't want to see. I took classes that would get me nowhere in life. Sure a lot of good things happened there like finding friends, discovering my talent of Art, and I discovered what love actually is there. Michael was my first love and I don't think I'll ever get over him. If I had the chance to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing because the times that we spent together were the happiest moments of my life.

When I pulled into the parking lot of the school, I ran as fast as I could into the Auditorium with heels on. I made it there in about five minutes. I threw on my cap and gown and got in the line of students waiting outside the Auditorium doors. I seen Mickey and Michael standing next to each other with smiles on their faces. Michael's hair was black now, it looked great on him. Mickey looked over to me and waved at me. I smiled and waved back. Michael sent a small smile my way to which I smiled back at him. I spotted Ariana and she winked at me with a smile. The music began and we started walking into the auditorium the last time.

Two hours later, I was running towards Calum with a smile on my face yelling,

"We made it shitface!" He smiled and picked me up and spun me around.

"I know fucktard!" He said, putting me down.

"Where's Luke?" I asked.

"Right here Bit." Luke said from behind me. I smiled and pulled him into a big hug.

"Mr. Tree we're officially done with school." I said smiling at him. He smiled and nodded his head.

"Scarlett!" I heard my older brother yell. I turned around and was embraced in his arms. "You did it kiddo." I smiled and nodded my head. I pulled away and was pulled into another hug.