I walked up to my school, Seeton Private High School, with a sense of relief and nostalgia. I had barely gotten four months into my junior year of high school when my parents told me that they were moving me. I didn't blame them, frankly. A teacher at my school had been accused of sexually assaulting a freshman but the case was thrown out due to lack of evidence, so Mr. Clay is still teaching there. My dad own a junk yard, and while it seems unglamorous he simply hires people the do the dirty work and takes a paycheck. Back when I was in middle school he bought it and turned into a huge business. We went from lower to middle class to full on rich. My mom stopped having to be a substitute teacher and my parents moved me to private school almost immediately. The only thing is, there is only one private high school in our small, country Texas town. But now that Mr. Clay is still at Seeton High my parents are moving us out of the country and into a small town near Dallas called Cedar Hill. It's actually a cute little town but there are no good private high schools. The thing is, my dad is transferring company headquarters to Dallas and he can't drive 4 hours to work everyday. So I'm going to public school.
Suddenly my best friend Alex runs up to me. 99% of my memories from Seeton have her in them, causing trouble and I'm scared that once I'm four hours away she won't have anyone to keep her from smoking pot and banging every guy who glances at her. It's not that she's a slut, she just tends to drink a few to many beers on Friday nights and the guys at my school know it. "I can't believe you're leaving!" she exclaims as I hug her. "We still have one day, so let's make it count" I reply. Her eyes light up "we're gonna skip school and get beer?!?" She asks excitedly and I laugh. I really am going to miss her always trying to drag me into crazy schemes. Next, it is my friends David and Lyra's turn to run up. "I really wish you weren't leaving" says Lyra and David nods. Then the bell rings and we go to our classes. My first period (Math) is one of the three periods in which I don't have David, Lyra, or Alex. I naturally sit in the back corner and put my feet up on the chair to my left with my back on the wall to the right of me like I always do. The day goes by relatively quick and normal, then comes the hard part. Goodbyes.
My friends and I meet outside and we hug. First comes Lyra, who I knew was going to get emotional. She sniffles and pushes my fringe out of my eyes. "Promise me you won't wear that black lipstick at that school in Dallas" she says, forcing a smile. She never really liked it but she was always a great friend. "I'll come visit...I promise" I assure her. Next Daniel comes and gives me a tight hug "if any boy there hurts you I swear to god I will come up there and chop his dick off" he says and I laugh. Ever since we met in rehearsal for our schools' Into The Woods production he has been one of my only friends and is super protective. "Any boy that hurts a girl doesn't have a dick" I reply. He said that to me when I was sobbing because my crush asked me out on a dare then laughed at my face and I never forgot. He gives me another bear hug and smiles at me.
Last Alex walks up and hugs me, which is an uncommon event for her. "Take care of yourself. No weed. No alcohol. No pot. No inhalants. No cocaine" I say as she groans "guess I'll just have to stick with herion" she jokes as I laugh. "And don't fuck anyone I wouldn't" I add. "But you're Christian! You swore never to have sex until marriage!" She whines as I grin "that's the point". We do a single last group hug and I walk around the corner to where my mom is waiting.
