Mini/Short Stories

Start Of A New Life

" Purple's one of my favorite colors, but this is too much," I start playing with the sleeves of the graduation thing.

I didn't bother to call it what it was. I just graduated, and all I could think was that high school was over, living with my parents, over. A new life began just down the road. My new life. I was sad to let a huge part of my life go, but in a way, it won't leave. I'll still be the one girl in the corner table at lunch, one of the weird, crazy, cool-acting, people.

" This is gonna be the best day of my life," My best friend, Callie, sings as she comes up the bleachers to me and our other best friend, Harlee.

" It already is!" I laugh.

She laughs, too, " I know! So, ready to face the world?"

I playfully hide behind Harlee, laughing, " never!"

" Hey! Amber!" Trevor yells, coming towards us.

This is the guy that has knocked my stuff off my desk since seventh grade, everybody! Now let's clap for him!

" What?" I ask, " and no, you can not knock my drink and stuff off the bench."

" I'm not here for that, well, that was one part, " he says.

" Goo-"

" Oops."

Before I can finish my sentence, Trevor's knocked my bag to a lower part of the bleachers.

" Hey!" I complain as Callie hits him upside the head.

I go and get my bag, laughing as I watch Isaiah, Callie's boyfriend, scare the shit out of her.

" Hey," a deep voice says from behind me.

I turn around, smiling as I see my boyfriend, Evan.

" Hey," I smile at him, laughing as his curls are almost practically everywhere with the wind.

" Like your dress," he says, nodding.

Under the gown, I had on a floral skater dress with black flats.

" Thanks, you've seen this before, though," I mess up his curls even more.

" Hey!" He tries swatting my hands away.

" Hey! Lovebirds! Get back up here!" Callie yells to us.

I pull my bag on and laugh as me and Evan struggle as we make our way up the bleachers, by the seating part.

" So, who's going where?" Isaiah asks.

" I don't know," Harlee says.

" Either staying here or Montana," Trevor says.

" Paris," Callie says.

" I'm coming with her," Isaiah says.

" How about you two?" Trevor turns to me.

" London, or at least somewhere in England," I sit down, taking a sip from my cup.

" Same," Evan laughs as I chew on the rim of my paper cup.

" A toast?" Trevor suggests.

Callie pulls me up.

" A toast," Evan raises his cup first and we all follow, " a toast to new beginnings."

We all cheer and yell, downing our drinks.