Isabella

Chapter Three

Isaac, Nevaeh, Steven, Ariana, Caden, Elizabeth, and I all decided that on top of maintaining our grades, would also take the GED test and by the end of the school year we would be able to have our High School Diploma. Not only this but we were all really smart, so we talked to our principle and she told us about the GED classes, she told us it would be the same thing as our high school diploma and if we passed the GED test, ACT test, and the SAT test then at the end of the year we could all graduate.  So after we had all talked about it we all decided that we would.  As we lived in California we didn’t have to have our parents’ permission. On top of this we also asked about taking classes at home, so help with our diploma as well, she told us we could.

When school let out for the summer we all had jobs at with each other’s parents, Isaac and I worked for Caden’s dad. He owned a business, and we ran errands and did office work and such. Nevaeh worked as Beth’s moms’ receptionist, Caden ran errands for Steven’s dad. Ariana worked for my dad, he made her run errands and a receptionist.  Steven worked for Nevaeh’s dad. We don’t know what exactly he did.

During the day we all worked then at night we all came home and did school things. We never did go party or anything; we were trying to show our parents that we knew how to act like adults. When school started, we turned in all of the school work we did over the summer, when we gave it to the principle we had completed all of our tenth and eleventh grade work all we had to do was take three tests, to show that we all knew the work and didn’t cheat on it. We passed those test with flying colors. We were given our senior classes. During the week day we would go to school, then after school go to work. On the weekends we would all go take the test that we needed to take. Our parents just thought we were all party and things, but we never did. The school year passed by fast. In January we got all our test results from the GED, ACT, and SAT test. We all made high scores; they were the highest anyone had seen in a long time.  In February our parents told us that if we continued to work and do well in school then we could all go to Vegas.

March is when we decide that we needed to get some fake IDs. That way we could go gambling and everything my dad being the lawyer he is, knew someone how could help us. He told me and Isaac that we each would have to pay $3000 dollars in order to get them. Also he would make us new identities as well, but we would all keep our names. Basically for 3000 dollars we would all get new ids and the couples would all be married.  After we got back from Vegas we would all have to go back to school and everything? Of course daddy didn’t know that we would be graduating we weren’t going to tell them until April and give everyone a month notice. And that’s what we did. See we all passed our classes and the entire test that we needed so we all had enough credits to graduate, so we did.

In April we got all of our parents together and told them that we would be graduating. They were shocked to say the least. Of course we all acted like adults and everything but they were still part of our lives. They congratulated us, and asked what we planned to do after we graduated; we asked them if after we got back from Vegas if we could all keep our jobs, and then the following year go to college. All our parents agreed to this, they all said that they would put us all through college and that we would be able to learn the businesses. That way we could all work with each other’s parents, open our own businesses or whatever we wanted to do. They knew we were all close and there was no way that was going to happen or so they thought.

May was when we were all going to graduate and we were all so happy about this. The gang was excited because we no longer had to put up with all the people at the high school. See even though we did all of our classes and everything we weren’t really popular as we don’t like to hang out with a lot of people. That is why we only had seven people in our group. We always knew that we would have one more person if and when I decided to start dating, but we all knew that would be a while as I really wasn’t that interested in the guys around here.

 The night of graduation Isaac’s and my parents told us that they had some news for us, however, it was going to be a while before they could tell us everything, however they did say that it had something to do with me. Isaac told asked them what it was they told him that he would have to wait. As what it had to deal with was something that was still in the works. However, they did say that it would be a life changer.

After the family talk everyone headed the high school. It was a lovely ceremony, the whole gang ended up being valedictorian and the upper classmen where all upset that we got to graduate with them, and the tenth graders were upset as well but we didn’t care. We graduated May 30, 2006. After graduation all the individual families all went and ate at Steven’s mom’s restaurant. After words we all decided that it would be a good thing to go home with our parents and spend the next day with them, as on June First was when we were going to Vegas.

When Isaac, I, and our parents got home they had a surprise for us. In the front yard there was Matching 2006 Ford Expeditions, one was blue (mine) the other was red (Isaac’s). They were brand new right off the line, and they were fully loaded. We both loved them; mom and dad both told us that we could take them to Vegas with us as well. We loved the idea. They told us that it was a little something to help us out, and that when we got back and they told us the news they have for us they hoped that it would help us remember that they loved us. We told them that no matter what we would always love them.