The Perfect society

Chapter 1

The past four years of my life have all led up to this moment, I take a deep breath and try to calm my nerves. I'm currently standing in my high schools' hallway standing behind a long line of students draped in black robes and hats. The slightly dying fluorescent lights shining on the dull yellow walls of the hallway outside the auditorium, I can hear the muffled sound of the families currently seated just on the other side of the wall. I glance around at my classmates and see a mix of excitement and nervousness flash across their faces. At least I'm not the only one feeling nervous over graduating, I glance at the posters adorning the walls and think about the past 4 years.

High School was a pretty boring experience for me, I stuck to my little circle and never really ventured out of it. I guess I could have tried to make more long lasting friendships with my other classmates, I have more acquaintances than friends in this line. I think about the little amount of friends I did make and smile to myself, I've known some of them most of my life. Liz and Kate have been with me since kindergarten and have been in the same schools and classes as me ever since, even after we graduate we'll be going to the same school. I still can't believe we got into the same school, our programs aren't that similar but we're still on the same campus. I look ahead and see my friends in the line ahead of me, they keep occasionally looking back to check on me.

The crowd starts moving, I can hear my heartbeat in my ears as we walk closer to the auditorium. I watch as we pass pictures of the past graduating classes, I wonder where they are now. Did they get into their dream schools and get the jobs they wanted? Or was high school the best part of their lives? I know I got into my dream school but what if the past four years were the best I will ever have? I can feel my heart start to beat harder in my chest, I'm trying to keep myself from hyperventilating when I feel a hand on my shoulder. I snap out of my overthinking and turn to see one of my classmates pointing towards the end of the hall. My classmates had begun making their way into the auditorium and since I was over thinking there's a huge gap between us. I quickly made my way forward and through the door hoping no one noticed me jogging to catch up. We make our way to our seats and sit down. I'm in the last row because of my last name being Watts. I look forward and see my friends sitting side by side, they're lucky their last names are in the middle of the alphabet. The teachers come up to the stage one by one making boring speech after boring speech, after the fifth teacher I start to tune them out. Are graduations always this boring? It feels like we've been sitting down for hours. This is supposed to be a day celebrating us and our achievements yet we have teachers and alumni Making speeches about themselves. I try to tune them out more when the row in front of us suddenly gets up and walks to the side of the room lining up by the stage. I didn't realize it but we're next to walk across the stage, when did this happen? I rack my brain and can vaguely remember seeing my friends walk across the stage and back to their seats. I managed to run on auto pilot for most of the ceremony and now it was finally time to pay attention. My row stands up and walks towards the wall, we neatly line up towards the stage and slowly move forward. One by one my classmates get closer and closer to their futures. I take a deep breath and walk to the steps of the stage I'm now next.

"Sky Watts"

I hear my name and start to walk across, I hear my friends and family cheer as they see me. I take my diploma and shake the principal's hands before posing for pictures, I slowly make my way off the stage and into my assigned seat. I let out a sigh, the last four years of my life are done. After today I will be going into a new chapter of my life. I find myself smiling at the thought of going to college, as much as I hate big changes to my life, this one doesn't seem like a bother but an opportunity. I can start over and do all the things I was too scared to do in high-school. Once I go off to college I can dress as flamboyant as I want, go to parties with friends, completely re-event myself from the ground up. I watch the last group of students get their diplomas, the principal does a closing speech and we all throw our hats into the air.