Both Sylvia and Keira stood in the line of students all waiting to accept their diploma. They have already given their speeches for being the two valedictorians of their school and waited for their names to be called.
After everyone was called, Sylvia ran up to a smiling Alexander and kissed him. She looked about for her sister but didn't have a clue to where she went. "Sis?"
"Don't worry, Sylvia. I'll see you in a bit."
"Sis? What are you talking a-" Before Sylvia could finish her thought, the sound of music roared across the field where students stood with their family.
The air pulsed with music as an adminstrator stepped up to the mic. "Ladies and gentlemen, we have asked one of our very talented students to perform for us one last time." The crowd whispered amongst themselves, some even guessing who it already was. "But first," the adminastrator spoke, "we'd like to ask Sylvia to come over here and help us out."
"What?" Sylvia was confused but Alexander gently pushed her towards the stage with a gentle smile.
As she walked up to the stage, she was hurried off to the side where she was told to take off her graduation gown revealing her gorgeous white graduation dress. She was shoved back onto the stage with a guitar.
"Sylvia, play a song," Keira's voice seeped into Sylvia's mind.
"What?"
"Just play the first song you can think of."
"Okay?" Sylvia's fingers strummed across the strings of the guitar and a musical hum murmured throughout the crowd. The intro to I'll Always Remember You by Hannah Montana began to ring out. Sylvia saw Keira walk up the stage, dressed in her own clothes like her, wearing a smirk on her face.
"Good song choice."
"Well, it is graduation, right? Hurry up and sing the song."
Keira laughed before turning to face the crowd and sung:
"I always knew this day would come,
We'd be standing one by one,
With our future in our hands,
So many dreams, so many plans."
The girls that were already crying, cried even more as their family members embraced them and smiled with watery eyes up at Keira and Sylvia.
"Always knew after all these years,
There'd be laughter, there'd be tears,
But never thought I'd walk away,
With so much joy but so much pain."
Keira glanced towards her sister and saw silent tears spilling down her cheeks. She walked over and put an arm over her shoulder, careful not to hit the guitar.
"Yesterday's gone,
We gotta keep movin' on,
And I'm so thankful for the moments,
I'll always remember you
All the times that we had,
I'll keep like a photograph,
I'll hold you in my heart forever,
I'll always remember you!"
Keira squeezed Sylvia's shoulder and smiled tenderly before returning to the song.
