At graduation I saw that our seats were in alphabetical order which meant that my boyfriend was going to be sitting right next to me. I love how I can call him my boyfriend now. I looked around for my seat when I finally spotted it and thankfully he was already in the seat next to mine, smiling in my direction.
"You look amazing!" he said once I sat down.
"You should see me with the gown off." I told him
"I would like to see you with everything off." I blushed crimson red, this isn't really the place to talk about things like this.
After another half hour of waiting everybody was finally up in their seat and they started to call people up to the stage for their diploma. I saw as Niall went on stage then Liam, then Perry , and finally Zayn. They finally got to the last names that begin with an S but when I expected them to call my name they completely skipped my name and called Louis Tomlinson. Louis gave me a confused expression as he went to get his diploma.
"Why didn't they call your name?" Louis asked when he came back. "I don't know?" I answered
When they were down to the last student, the principle came up to the microphone and gave an announcement.
"You might have noticed that we skipped one student and this is because this student is going to be our valedictorian and he is winning an award for academic success. All of you probably know him since he has become quit popular since he first transferred to this school. He came here because his brother had to drop out because of certain circumstances, his brother was very intelligent like he is but didn't really fit into this school like he did which proves that only some people are meant to succeed while others are meant to fail. Let's give a round of applause to our 2014 valedictorian Harry Styles."
I didn't really know if I should be happy at that moment or completely disgusted by that speech.
Everyone around me was cheering and clapping, something that they would never do to Marcel Styles. Louis pushed me to go up and I complied, I was going to get my reward and give my speech.
"Hi everyone first of all I want to thank everyone for this award and naming me your valedictorian. I especially want to thank my best friends Perry and Niall for always being there for me, my boyfriend Louis who helped me become more confident in myself and my new friends, Liam and Zayn who have taught me a very valuable lesson that people are not always who they seem to be. This is a valuable lesson that you should all learn and maybe I can shed some light into it. I didn't thank my twin brother Marcel today and some of you might ask why, well it's because I would seem like an ego centric prick if I thanked myself for this award. Yeah that's right I Harry Styles am Marcel Styles."
I saw many people gasp then everybody started to talk among themselves. After everyone shushed down a bit I continued my speech.
"I changed my appearance and my name because I was tired of people thinking they were better than me just because of the type of person they saw me as. Well news flash, just because I changed some things about my style and my appearance doesn't mean I'm not the same person, I still love math and love to read books, I still like sleeping with my teddy bear. All of you guys got the chance to know Harry Styles even if you didn't give the chance to know Marcel Styles well now you don't have to because who I am is still who Marcel Styles was just with a deeper voice and curly hair. Next time you judge people make sure that you know them".
"You were perfect!" he said to me, I smiled
When the graduation ceremony was finally over everybody threw their hats in the air.
"You know I didn't know you were still into that school stuff, that academic award was a real surprise to me!" Louis told me once we were in the car.
"Just cuz I changed my appearance doesn't mean I changed my personality. So when I told you I had to go study or that I was busy reading a book what did you think I was doing?" I asked.
"I thought you were annoyed by silly antics and had to take a break." he said
"I can never get annoyed by you, you're my boobear!"
"So if you didn't change personalities, then you were always cheeky even when you were Marcel?" He asked. "Yeah pretty much, I just never had anyone to be cheeky to until I met you."
"And I better be the only one you are cheeky with." he warned me "Whatever helps you sleep at night." I answered.
"That reminds me, do you really sleep with a teddy bear at night?" Oh no, I forgot I mentioned that at the ceremony. I cleared my throat and answered.
"Yes and his name is Mr. Teddy bear and he is very cuddly so you just leave him alone." I answered
"Wow you are a geek! he said, I pouted. I haven't been a called a geek recently and that kind of hurt my feelings.
"But you're my geek." he said, I turned to him and beamed, that's all I ever wanted to be.
