Bad Intentions

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~9 months later~

"Peyton Elizabeth Andrews." Mr. Bugsby called. I stood up from my seat and walked up the stairs. My fingers eagerly wrapped around my diploma making me sigh. I made it. You could hear Ryan in the crowd chanting 'Junior' as my family and friends cheered me on. I sighed and stood at the podium.

"9 months ago I thought all of you hated me. I believed that I would be lonely and just basically miserable at school. Now, I'm sure that only 45% of you actually hate me. This year filled my permanent record with not only valedictorian but homecoming and prom queen, student council president, class president, student committee chair and probably principal," the teachers laughed as I made my speech. "I faced a lot of challenges this year alone. I'm a mother now, it's weird to say but I am. I'm using these tools I was given from high school to teach another human being. I took home economics for the first time second semester. I took political theory. I took classes that helped me understand music theory. I'm learning to help teach. I'm going to college and when I applied I didn't send in an application to any place in Indiana. I grew up in Indiana. I live in Indiana. Everything I've ever done or accomplished has been in Indiana. My first kiss, my first cell phone, my first best friend, my first time was in a closet on the outskirts. I almost didn't have my first time in Indiana but I made it happen. Indiana is my home. I know that if fall down Indiana. Mendona will always be here to help me find my way. I graduated with a 3.87 GPA. That's partially because home economics. Damn myself for failing crepes. But I proved that I could do it. I don't need people to believe in me because I believe in myself. I believe that there's no such thing as rock bottom. You could always be doing worse. So what I have to say to finish all this up is I regret waiting until this year to accomplish some of the wonderful things I have this year. I'm sorry to have only know a lot of you for just this past year. Y'all are great and I'm happy that we are the class of 2016." I smiled clapping erupted from all around and I was happy to just bask in it. I'd never felt like this in high school. I never wanted to. Or maybe I just wasn't interested. I didn't care how it felt to be the center of a strong force. I never knew what it felt like to be in a strong force. I smiled and hugged a few teachers as I walked down to meet Noel and Jasper.

"You did good!" He smiled hugging.

"I was so fucking nervous." I smiled laughing.

"Congrats-lation!" Jasper smiled handing me a bouquet of roses.

"Awh thank you baby." I smiled kissing his cheek. Rosalinda, Grant, Henry, Gracie and Aric were next.

"I'm so proud of you." Rosalinda said hugging me tightly.

"Good job, lotus." Henry smiled kissing my forehead.

"Your mother would've been proud." Gracie says hugging me. Grant was holding Holdyn making monkey faces at him. I held my arms out embracing him.

"Give me kiss," I said softly. Holdyn put his lips on mine.

"Mmmwah!" He said.

"Good job, baby." I said. He started clapping and laughing.

"Oh my god! He got so big!" Angela said as I handed him to her. Sunshine smiled and hugged me.

"Junior, you did it. And you've got the school wrapped around your finger." She smiled. As she let me go I felt myself being lifted up.

"Junior!"

"Ryan!" I smiled. He put me down and hugged me.

"This is great." He smiles.

"Yeah, quick question has anybody seen Asher?" I asked him.

"Oh he said he had a surprise for you at your house. Wink wink sex." Ryan said.