Five Years Later

01 | Seniors

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It is a Wednesday in the third week of August. Today is going to be my last first day of high school, officially, I am a senior. It feels both bittersweet and unreal knowing that this is going to be my last year of high school before attending university in the fall of next year as a young adult.

At the end of my junior year, I already knew what university I wanted to attend. I didn't want to leave the state of California where I was born and raised. During my junior year, I was called to the school's counselor office where I found the good news of me getting accepted into my dream university Berkeley.

I still remember that day like it just happened yesterday. On the bright side, I am not going to be attending Berkeley University by myself. My two best friends, Peyton and Tristan, are going to Berkeley with me. My boyfriend on the other hand will be attending a private college called Curtis Institute of Music located in the state of Pennsylvania. Him and I are planning to have a long distance relationship until he comes back home after his graduation from college. I am not going to  stand in the middle of him achieving his dreams.

While getting ready for school, there were songs playing from my favorite singer Taylor Swift. I was already dressed in my senior polo paired with my light blue jeans, red jacket and my red vans and had put on my light makeup. I brushed the knots out of my hair and I left my hair in its natural form.

Before I walked out of my bedroom, I picked up my phone from my nightstand and unplugged the charger. Holding my phone in my hand, I retrieved my backpack from the ground. I made sure that I had everything that I needed, before I walked out of my bedroom, closing the door behind me and started heading downstairs.

"Good morning, mom and dad." I greeted my mother and dad, smiling wide. I entered the kitchen being followed by my dog named Luna. I placed my backpack on the ground, and I left my phone on the kitchen's counter then made my way towards them.

"Good morning, sweetie. What would you like to eat for breakfast?" My father asked me as I gave him a kiss on his cheek. He responded to giving me a kiss on the top of my head.

Everyone who had the opportunity of meeting my family, they haven't failed to say that I am spitting images of my mother and my father. My dark brown hair and my cheek's dimples came from my mother. My blue eyes and my straight hair came from my father.

"Good morning honey." My mother told me good morning and she gave me a kiss on my right cheek then she pulled into a soft motherly hug.

When my mother and I pulled away from our hug, I gave my mother a kiss on her left cheek. Before replying to my father's question, I sat down on one of the bar's stools in front of the kitchen's island.

"Dad, do you think there is enough time for me to have french toast for breakfast?" I answered his question by asking him a question.

I watched my father checking the time on the stove before he looked at me. "Sweetie, yes there is enough time for me to make you a French toast before you need to leave for school."

"Thank you dad, you're the best." I thanked him, showing him a soft smile before looking at my mother. "Mom, do you need help at the bookstore after school?"

My mother owns a small and cozy bookstore very close to the location of my private high school. My mother had already opened her bookstore by the time I was born. During my childhood and teenage years, I spent a lot of time in her bookstore.

Whenever, I wasn't busy with my extracurricular activities, spending time with my best friends, my boyfriend or even my father at his job. You will find me spending some of my afternoons inside my mother's bookstore, studying, reading a book or helping my mother around the store.

My father is a writer who works from home. Mostly, he loves to write fantasy and romance books. There is sometimes that he has worked on his friend's films as a producer. I have read some of his books and I might be biased but I really love reading my father's books.

My mother sat her coffee cup down on the kitchen's counter as she looked at me. "Sweetie, if you don't have any plans after school. Of course, you can stop by, I believe that there is a delivery of books coming today, you can check them out if you want."

"Mom, that sounds exciting, I will check if I have plans and I will try to stop by if I don't have any plans." I told my mother as I saw my phone lighting up from beside my mother.

"Sweetie, here is your phone, Peyton just texted you." My mother told me as she passed me my phone.

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This morning, my parents wanted to drive me to my high school because they wanted to see Calvin, Peyton, Tristan, myself and the other seniors making our entrance into the school as seniors.

My father was driving while my mother was sitting in the passenger's seat and I was sitting in the backseat behind the driver's seat. In the background, there was Taylor Swift's music playing at the same time, I was catching on the text messages.

Cal 🖤: Hey Aubs, I just got here, where are you?

I smiled big as I began writing my response to his text message. I love my boyfriend so much that simple things like his text messages are one of the things that makes me smile.

Me: Hello Cal, my father is still driving, I think that I will be there in two minutes.

Cal 🖤: I am looking forward to see you, I love you, babe.

Me: I can't wait to see you, I love you too baby.

"Sweetie, we are here!" My father spoke over the music, letting me know that we had arrived at our destination.

"Thank you dad, for driving me to school." I thanked him as I locked my phone and placed it inside of my backpack.

My father looked at me through the rearview mirror before he started parking the car in one of the empty parking spots in the highschool's parking lot. Once the car was completely parked, he turned off the car.

I started feeling excited that I am going to be seeing my best friends and my boyfriend. "Mom and dad, I will see you soon." I told him as I picked up my backpack from the ground and hopped down from the car.

Without looking back, I started walking toward the entrance of the high school. As I was walking, I saw multiple of my classmates standing around the grass having conversations with their best friends. All of us are wearing matching outfits; our senior polo with light blue jeans.

The first person I saw in the sea of students was my boyfriend Calvin. He wasn't alone, right beside him, our best friends Peyton, Tristan and Samuel were standing. None of them, haven't seen me so this is a perfect time to surprise them.

My lips formed a wide smile as I made my way towards them. "Hello everyone, are we ready for the senior year?"

My boyfriend was the first one who looked at me, the second his eyes landed on me, I saw a wide smile forming on his lips. "Hey gorgeous, we were waiting for you. Come here, Aubs and give me a hug please." My boyfriend without looking away from me, he extended his arms open for me,

Physical touch is one of my boyfriend's love languages. I didn't waste any more time to walk in his open arms. I placed my hands around his waist, giving him the hug he was looking for.

After what it felt like an eternity, Calvin and I ended our hug. Instead of letting my boyfriend walk away from me, I placed my hands around his neck and I gave him a kiss on his lips. 

My boyfriend kissed me, placing his hands on my waist. "It looks like someone is happy to see me."

I looked into my boyfriend's eyes, smiling wide. "Of course, I am happy to see you, I am glad that I get to spend my senior year with me."

My boyfriend made eye contact with me, matching my smile. "Aubs, I wouldn't have it another way."

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First chapter of baby Aubree and Calvin, I love them so much.