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Chapter 7

.:May 22nd , Friday , 7:00 PM:.

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Lexi Pov

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Today was finally the day that I was walking across the stage and receiving my advanced diploma🎓. I've worked extremely hard to get to where I am now. 🙌In a couple minutes , imma walk across that stage with my head held high because I finally made it. 😁The principal had just finished talking and now it was time for the valedictorian to go up to the stage and give their speech.🙈

The principal said , "Now everybody help me to welcome , your 2015 senior valedictorian , Ms. Lexi Lyons."

Everybody screamed loudly and clapped wild as my name got called💁. I smiled as I walked up to the podium. The principal hugged me before taking his seat behind me with the board members and others✊.

I grabbed the mic and put it up to my level and said , "My fellow class mates , we only arrived here four short years ago, and now it's already time to leave. How did it all go so fast? 💭It seems like only yesterday that we were skinny little freshmen fighting 👊with the locks on our lockers, trying to figure out where our next class was👀, and looking generally clueless to all the upper classmen. Now we are the upperclassmen, the seniors who stand here ready to graduate and move forward in the world. Yet at this seminal moment, we can't help looking back.How do we measure the time we've spent in high school? In the beginning, we measured it in class periods, counting down the day to eventual freedom. As the days and weeks passed, we measured it in semesters, and later in years as we moved from being those clueless freshmen, to becoming sophisticated sophomores who thought they had it all figured out. By the time we reached our junior year, we were confident that we were prepared to take over for the graduating seniors, and we couldn't wait to "rule the school."And now here we stand. Our rule is over, and it's up to the next class to step into our shoes and take over. I know that as I look out at all of you, I will measure my time here in a much different way. I will measure it in all the friendships I've enjoyed these last four years. Some were pretty casual and others were much closer, but I'll remember each one fondly, as I'm sure you all will, too. And when many of our high school memories begin to fade, that's how we'll ultimately measure the time we spent here, not in periods or semesters or years, but in the friendships that we made and the times we shared together.No matter where we go or what we do, there are challenges ahead of us. What I'm asking from each of you, and from myself, is to meet those challenges straight on with your head held high and your heart wide open. It's not enough to simply try to get by in life. That doesn't move the world forward. You must try to excel in everything you do; strive for excellence in every task, large or small.To our teachers, thank you for so unselfishly sharing you time, talent and knowledge with us. Yes, we know it was your job to do it, but what you did for us went beyond the call of duty. You took the time to explain assignments, sometimes repeatedly because we weren't paying attention. You allowed us to come to your classroom after school for extra help when you could have gone home to spend time with your family. You put in the effort to make lessons more interesting so we wouldn't just tune out. You demanded excellence from us whether or not we wanted to give it. You set the bar high and challenged us to live up to it.To our parents, thank you for supporting us in more ways than it's possible to count. You dragged us out of bed each morning, made sure we were fed and clothed for school. You herded us out the door to the bus stop or drove us to school yourselves. You helped us with homework, paid our class fees, and listened to our complaints. You came to our plays, attended our sporting events, and chaperoned our dances. You commiserated over our daily dramas, but you tried to give us enough space to learn how to work things out for ourselves. These are just a few of the thousands of ways you've supported us on our journey." I had started to tear up. "To our coaches and advisors, thank you for making school about more than just classwork. Through sports, we learned how to power on through adversity and give it our best effort, win or lose. We learned the importance of discipline and good sportsmanship. Through other activities like participating in clubs, school plays and service projects, we learned how to work closely with others to achieve a common goal, and we had a lot of fun doing it.To our custodial staff and lunchroom attendants, thank you for keeping our school clean and safe. You know better than anyone else what slobs we've been. You actually deserve some kind of medal.To our principal, vice principal and all the office staff, thank you for keeping things running smoothly so our teachers could concentrate on us. We're better off for it.To our guidance counselors, thank you for listening and trying to keep us on the right track for graduation. Without your help, some of us might not be graduating today.As you can see, behind each graduate there must have been at least a dozen people providing support in at least a dozen ways. The best way we graduates can show our gratitude is to make the most of the opportunity we've been given, and go forward into the world with the intention of making it a better place for the generations that follow us. We'll pay that debt of gratitude forward. To my fellow classmates of 2015 , we finally made it. Congratulations. Thank you." 🙊Once again , everybody cheered wildly and applauded for my speech as I went and sat down.😁

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We had just finish singing the alma mater and it was now time for us too throw our hats up in the air. We all screamed as we threw our hats up into the air. I smiled to myself as I went and hugged Devin.

"We finally made it baby."

He smiled and kissed my cheek😘 , "Your speech was amazing baby girl."

I smiled as we walked to the front of the academe where we would meet our family and friends. I smiled to myself as I saw my mom , dad , brothers , sisters , and other family members standing by the water fountain waiting on me❤️.

My mom hugged me tightly , "Congratulations baby girl."

I smiled , "Thanks mommy."

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After I took pictures with everybody and stuff we headed to my house. Tonight I was having a graduation house party at my dad house. I hopped in my coupe along with Nene and we drove to my moms house so I could get my graduation presents. I pulled in the driveway and walked in the house and almost lost my mind when I seen my first graduation present. I been wanting a teacup yorkie since I was little and I finally got one. I picked her up and she started licking me in my face.😍

Gab looked at me , "Whatchu gone name her ?"

I smiled , "Imma name her Harlem."

Nene looked at me , "That's cute."

I pulled out my phone and snapped a picture of me and Harlem and uploaded it on my Instagram

Qveen_Lexi : Everybody say hello to my baby girl Harlem😍✊😁💙

I put her back down into her puppy bed and I went upstairs to freshen up. After I freshen up , me and Nene hopped in my coupe and headed to my dads house where the party was. Tonight was DEFINETLY finna be a night to remember. 😈

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The Next Day

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Lexi Pov

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I woke up to my mom roughly shaking me.

"What is it mom ?"

"Baby girl , mama water broke." She was standing over me holding her stomach😌

I hopped up and ran and did my morning routine but quickly. I skipped taking a shower since I took one last night when I got home. I threw on some black sweatpants , a white t-shirt , black ankle socks , and my black Nike slides. I pulled my messy hair in a bun and grabbed my glasses. I grabbed my phone and keys and headed into baby L's room to grab his hospital bag. I ran downstairs to see my mom and Nene both in my coupe. I locked the door and hurried into the car and backed out of the driveway and sped all the way to the hospital. Today was the day that I had been waiting for since I found out my mother was pregnant. 😜I had texted our whole family including Javon and Miracle on the way to the hospital. My mom was in pain because of the contractions and I hated seeing her like that. I know that Baby L is gonna be worth all the pain and tears that my mom is going through💯. As soon as we walked into the hospital doors , they put my mom in a wheelchair and wheeled her into her room. They got her hooked up to all the machines and gave her some ice since she wanted to attempt to do all natural birth without any medicine.

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After 5 hours of being in labor , my little brother still wasn't in this world yet. Mama was only 4 centimeters dilated and I was really anxious to see my little brother. My brothers , sisters , dad , grandparents(both sides) , aunts , uncles , Javon , Miracle , and friends were all here. Mama was in a good spirit right now I guess since she didn't have any contractions.

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To be continuedd💦