Playing A Love game with Mrs.Player

Chapter 29: Graduation

I stood looking at myself in my cap and gown. Look at me. I’m a high school graduate. Better than that, I’m the valedictorian. I can’t believe I’m leaving. I’m leaving everything behind and starting a whole new life somewhere far away from here. I let a silent tear trickle down my face and I swiftly wiped it away before anyone could notice.

“It’s okay to cry, you know?” I heard a deep voice say from behind me. “I did.” He continued.

“I don’t want it to be over, Justin.” I said sadly letting a few more tears slip down my face. He wiped them away.

“And all this time I thought you were excited that you would get to come live with me.” He said laughing, trying to lighten up the mood.

“That’s if I get into NYU.” I said smiling.

“If course you’re going to get in. There’s no doubt about it.” He said moving a strand of hair out my face.

“What if I’m not ready to go? What if I leave and everything falls apart?” I asked looking up at him.

“If everything falls apart, I’m here to help you pick up the pieces.” He said smiling.

“I don’t want it to be over.” I repeated.

“Of course you don’t want it to be over. High school is the best and worse four years of your life. You build lasting friendships, create memories, some you can’t repeat to mom or dad, and you get an education. No one ever wants to let it go because no one ever expects it to be over so soon. The thing is, once it’s over you gotta let it go. You are going on to bigger and better things. You are going out there into the real world and building a life for yourself. It’s going to be tough, but who said you had to go through it alone? No one! Especially since I’m going to be there with you every step of the way.” He said holding my hand. I wrapped my arms around him and engulfed him in a hug. He wrapped his arms around me tightly returning my hug. We stayed like that for a while before I pulled out and looked up at him.

“Thanks for the pep talk big bro.” I said smiling.

“No problem little sis.” He said before throwing his arms around me leading me towards the rest of the family. “Let’s go! We gotta get these graduates to the school!” He said before leading me outside and into his car. We drove to the school and parked in front of the football field, where the graduation was being held.

“I’ll be right back.” I said before walking towards the main school. Since I’ve been going here for four years, I know where the doors are not locked and I can enter the school. I walked in and all the lights were on. I would say that it’s weird to see the school at night, but it’s not. I’ve been a cheerleader since I was a freshman so late night practices and after games a couple of us would sneak in here and just hang out. I walked past my now empty locker thinking about all the gossip that was spread in front of it and how I wouldn’t be in front of it. . I passed by my abandoned classrooms thinking about all the notes that were passes in them, and how I wouldn’t be passing them. I walked through some of the dark corridor thinking about the many stolen kisses that were taken in them, and how I wouldn’t be in them anymore. I looked at the empty hallways thinking about how on Monday they would be bustling with students and I wouldn’t be one of them. I looked up and blinked rapidly to stop myself from letting tears fall down my face.

“Brings back a lot of memories doesn’t it?” Devin asked appearing behind of me.

“Yea.” I said still looking at the hallway in front of me. He walked up behind me and started rubbing my shoulders.

“What are you doing here all alone?” He asked quietly.

“I wanted to say goodbye to it.” I said softly as tears, once again, filled up my eyes. He wrapped his arms around my waist and rested his chin on the top of my head. We stayed like this for a while, just taking in everything and mentally saying goodbye.