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Chapter 5
"WHEN WE WERE 5 THEY ASKED US WHAT WE wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were things like astronaut, president, or in my case, a princess" the audience laughed and Mike, who was on one of Athena's sides nudged her, smiling up to his girlfriend whilst she chuckled.
Mike: "She's doing amazing"
"When we were 10 they asked again. we answered rockstar, cowboy. or in my case a gold medallist. but now that we've grown up they want a serious answer. Well, how about this? Who the hell knows" Mike and Athena both whistled as the entire audience clapped and laughed.
"Yeah!" Mike shouted.
"This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions. this is the time to make mistakes. take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. fall in love. A lot. Major in philosophy because there's no way to make a career out of that. change your mind and change it again because nothing is permanent. so make as many mistakes after you can. that way some day when they ask us what we want to be, we won't have to guess, we'll know" the entire audience burst into claps and the graduates made their way up
Athena smiled as she got up on stage, shaking the mans hand before she heard the claps and creams. She turned to see her dad there, standing beside the entire pack as they clapped for her and then not too far away was Emmett, Rosalie, Carlisle and Esme. She smiled and waved before she went off the stage, rushing into Edward's arms who spun her around.
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Alice's party was amazing, of course and Athena wondered why Alice had never gone into event planning. She would excel in that, especially when it's something she likes to do.
Immediately in the party, Athena went to find her friends, they were all actually going to colleges in or around forks so they could still meet up often but it was still upsetting to be separated.
"I'm gonna miss you guys" Athena smiled at their group as they huddled around.
"Don't go all sappy on us Thea" Tyler laughed tightening his hold on their group hug.