Ever since I met you

Chapter 25

Its been a year. I am soon to graduate high school. Cannot wait for that day to come. I just finished up my exams and now are waiting for the results, they won't come until way later. Me and Dominic are going strong so far. I am far better than I was. My writing is going very well. This school years wasn't that bad, of course hard because I had to study hard for the exams. I still l have no want or direction of going to university after but its the twenty first century and I can go later if I want to. Forget to mention that I have send out one of my poems to be published, they haven't send a reply yet, so I haven't been rejected just yet.

During the summer I finally got myself a job which paid fairly well. Half of the salary I gave away to my parents, they almost didn't take it and the rest I kept for myself. Fun fact - I have made new friends this school year as well! And I am absolutely not kidding. Mostly they are people I have certain lessons with but I cannot be happier knowing I have actual friends and not just one at that. I think we caught up with things.

I am currently in school, literature. The teacher is discuss with us about the exams that we've written. I am confident I will pass at least. Then we watched a short video, to just pass the time. The bell rang, it was lunch break, so I met up with Dominic in the cafeteria.

"Hey."

"Hey."

"How was your day so far?" He questioned me.

"Good. Yours?"

"Good as well."

We found an empty table and sat down. We took out our lunches. Chatted while eating. Exchanged information about some things, nothing that important. Before the break was over I walked to the bathroom. Got a flashback when one of the students, a guy walked out of the place just as I entered. It was a memory of one of the last time I was bullied in the bathroom. Oh my, the memory is not pleasant. Weird how I hated school, was constantly in fear of the bullies doing something to me. Bad times but they are over for some time now, those bullies have graduated last year. I think I even have grown, not by hight but just mentally I guess over the summer I just grown like that? I just cannot put into words really, I think I feel more mature, better or something like that.

I got out of the bathroom eventually and walked to my upcoming class, geography. Since it was literally the end of the school year there was nothing to learn anymore. You either talk during the entire lesson, watch a movie, do some sort of exercise the teacher gives, or freedom of doing whatever you want. This teacher gave us a crossword to do, related to geography of course. I am fairly good at them and with a help with my seat mate, who is also my friend we finished it in like almost half of the lesson's time. After that I had one more class for the day and I was done. It was warm, might even say hot outside. Made it hard to be in school.

The teacher was nice enough to let us out of the lesson only half of its time being passed by. Today I wanted to get to the canal. Dominic would join me a bit later since he had unfortunately another lesson more than me. I made to the canal and sat down. It was a beautiful day, the sun was out, some clouds daring to be in the sky, warm weather, a light breeze would come from time to time. This place became popular for me, Dominic or together to come here. In this place I have no bad memories so far. It is kind of a comfort place, which is nice to have really. And many times it is fairly deserted, so it makes it even better for that fact.

I wanted to be here because I had some things to think about. Not very particular list of things but to just mentally have those things be lifted off my shoulders. I doubt that shouting out loud would be the best idea, so just silently letting them go helped me. I closed my eyes and breathed in. I got startled by a tap on my shoulder. I looked up and saw Dominic smiling, holding a laugh.