Fireflies

Chapter 5: Last day of school

It's been ten days since Leah and I packed up my bed room. Today is our last day of school and I'm really sad because this is my last chance to say goodbye to everyone. Well everyone except Leah I still have till Sunday with her and today is only Thursday.

Right now Leah and I are waiting for the bus. It's 7:26 and the bus gets here at 7:30. So we still have a few minutes left. "Ready for school? It's the last day, finally!" Leah says and smiles slightly. "Ya I can't wait. I'm really going to miss everyone though." I say softly trying not to sound to sad even though I am dying on the inside.

"Squeeeeeek" I turn my head toward the bus with squeaky breaks. Leah and I stand up and wait for it to come to a stop. When it finally does our bus driver Shela opens the door for us. Leah gets on first then me. "good morning girls how are you today" "Hanging in there" I say and Shela nods as if she understands. She is so nice, I take a seat next to Leah. Shela is just about to take off when Zach runs out of the house. Oops, Leah and I had forgotten about Zach.

I turn to Leah who is laughing so I laugh to. It is kind of funny that he almost missed the bus. Zach must of heard us laugh because now he walks over and sits with us making it very crowded. "Zach can't you sit somewhere else?" Leah says. Zach ignores her and just sits there. I then hear Leah let out an "ugh" before pulling out her iPhone to play Run Sack Boy Run. It's an awesome game based off of the game LBP (Little Big Planet). Momma and I use to play it for hours, that is before she was diagnosed with the cancer. A tear falls down my cheek and I wipe away.

Leah hasn't noticed because she is on her phone, but Zach has. "you okay?" "oh, um, Ya sorry I was just remembering something about my mom." "oh, Ya sorry. Is there anything I can do to help or get your mind off it?" "you can try if you want, but Leah's the only one that I have found that is able to do that." He smiles at this. "A challenge huh? Well I can't say no to that can I?" I smile then laugh. "Ha mission accomplished I have made you happy again" he says. "I guess it's just in my blood."

I was about respond when all of a sudden I hear the door of the bus open. "Alright everyone off. It's your last day of school so enjoy it!" Shela shouts. Zach hops off the bus, then me, and then Leah. Zach is a grade older so he goes to his class and Leah and I go to ours. We have A set together, it is Science with Mrs. Hamilton.

Today is a fun day though and we only spend 30 minutes in A set. After that we have field day till about 1:00 pm and then we go to the auditorium to watch a movie. This years movie is Frozen. Which is awesome! I love that Movie and know every line in it, song or not. My mom and I had split up the roles one time and acted out the entire movie while it played in the background.

*RING* That's the tardy bell. Leah and I take our seats quickly and wait for Mrs. Hamilton to start. "Okay class if you don't have paper and a pencil raise your hand please." Leah and I both raise our hands and are given some. We only brought small bags for school today and all they have in them is a change of clothes, a water bottle, sun screen, and a towel.

"Today is the last day of school and I want you all to do one last assignment before you begin your summer." Almost everyone in the class let a small "Ugg" escape from their mouths. Leah and I don't, we wait to see what the assignment is first because clearly I've been put through worst things then a school assignment (for example, momma and daddy).

"So the assignment is to write a letter to your 12 grade self. Tell about your current life, interests, goals, dreams, and jobs if any. Also write about what you think and want to be different in the future. Now I know some of you are going to take this assignment more serious than others which is why if you don't finish today I would like you to e-mail it to me by the end of the summer that should be plenty of time. I'll write my e-mail on the board for you. Okay, now begin."