-Miranda's POV-
*Time Skip of Two Weeks, Graduation Day.*
"Fellow friends, family and faculty,
I could go back and reminisce about the last four years. Instead I think it’s more important to focus on where we will be in the next four years. Whether it’s baking great bread, cooking up laws in the senate, teaching futures generations, or creating new music, all of us must make sure the word success is associated with what we do.
We must concentrate on enhancing our futures and setting great examples for those who love us and for those who will follow us. We must be tomorrow’s positive images. Our actions must make a statement and send a clear message. One that says, wherever we come from, whatever we have, or don’t have, whatever our color, sex or cultural background, we can be partners in success and we can achieve greatness together,
In order to have high self esteem, confidence, and motivation we must be willing to work diligently and have a keen understanding of how far we can go. Let us leave a trail others will be proud to follow.
If you feel at any point, that life is becoming too hard and that obstacles are coming from left and right. Please don’t panic. Remember that life can get better, if we have the right tools to work with. Tools like a positive attitude, an education, the right friends and fierce determination.
Class of 2013, It is up to all of you to make a difference, to have people say honorable things about you and leave the impression that you never gave up on yourselves. Society is counting on you. Excellence is never an accident- it’s the result of hard work. Go forward, work hard, and attain excellence; the kind of excellence that will make your dreams reality. A secure future can be reality you must visualize tomorrow — a safe, happy, prosperous tomorrow and make it happen.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the teachers and administrators who worked so hard to make us reach this commencement ceremony. To my heroes, Rosanna and Q, thank you for not letting me into a great black hole. Estefany and Yovana, I treasure your unconditional love and support. Vermont, I hope I made you proud.
Class of 2013, good luck and remember graduation is only the beginning."
I took in a deep breath looking up from my note card that had my valedictorian speech. Everyone started to clap and Stella in the middle of our class stood up, next with Jackie, Brooke and Rachel. Then more students, and more. With in the next 20 seconds the entire audience was standing up including everyone's family and staff of Mayfield High.
I smiled and took my seat up on the stage, that was only set up earlier today on the football field. People were still standing and cheering and then it all died down when the principal sat up walking up to the podium. "Thank you Miranda, what a lovely speech-" She continued on about the last four years we've been here. And I seemed to zone out thinking I was finally out of this hell hole they call a school. I was no longer gonna have to take test, pop quizzes, essays and projects from this place. No more waking up early, to get to school on time, listening to the teachers yap on about stuff that I'm never gonna need to know again unless I go into that field.
The class rose from their seats as did I. "-Senior class of 2013." Principal Rodgers said with that we all flipped our tassels to the other side of our graduation caps and threw them up in the air.
All of a sudden Mike Allen had a boom box up on his shoulders blasting music, the audience started to laugh. I ran from my seat off the stage and ran over to the middle of my class to find Stella. "We did it!" She yelled over the speakers of the boom box. I hugged her tightly not wanting to let go, cause this was the last day we were class mates here.
"We did indeed!" We laughed, and then departed looking for our parents. My dad had flown in from London this morning to come and see me graduate. I walked to my mother who was sitting on the stands with the camera wrapped around her neck as she snapped a shot of me in my gown.
"Congratulations honey!"
"Thanks mum." She hugged me and then let go so I could say hello to my father. I didn't have the chance to see him when he flew in because I was here at the school preparing. "Hi dad." I smiled
"Hi sweetie, congratulations!"
"Thanks."
We soon left after I said goodbye to all my good friends and any of the teachers I actually did like. They insisted that we go out to eat and celebrate but I had told them that I could settle with a barbecue back at home.
Once we got home I had changed out of my graduation dress and heels for something more comfortable, into my shorts and my favorite T-Shirt which was the logo of the ice-cream parlor down town. Me and my mother were sitting at the picnic table in the backyard as my father was cooking on the grill. I had noticed my mother has seemed awfully down, the last couple of months, and now would be one of those times.
My father sat down at the table with a huge plate filed with a variety of meats. I grabbed my plate and slapped on some grilled chicken onto my plate. "So have you decided where you want to go to college yet?" My father asked putting on the condiments on to his hamburger.
"No, I'm still stuck between a couple."
"How about the one in England."
"London University?"
"Yeah that one."
"Haven't thought about those colleges much."
"I think it would be good to be close to home, you could stay right at home with me."
"My home is here though." I reminded him, he's been trying to get me to move over to England and live with him in London but I won't leave my mother, I just won't. I lived with her my entire life and I'm not gonna stop now cause of a college that's close to my fathers home.
"Honey I think it might be good if you go live with you father for a while, I mean what if Detective Horan calls you back. And at least someone will always be home when you need someone."
"No thank you." I wouldn't here it anymore, my mother even helping my father out. This was new she was always giving him excuses on why I shouldn't move over there in London. Something wasn't right here.
"Just think about it, won't you?"
"Fine... I'm done thinking. No thank you."
And with that the rest of the dinner was mostly quiet unless someone was asking one of another to pass the ketchup or mustard or something. I didn't make any eye contact with anyone rest of the dinner. I started to pick up but they insisted I leave it, saying it was my night and they would pick up and I should go upstairs and rest or something.
I walked to my stereo and popped in another Cd putting it on track six.
Who are you? You’re looking like a stranger
You were once my love and my savior
Now I’m left with nothing but your makeup
On my pillow
And I can’t sleep, the pills they never helped
Tried counting sheep, still hurts like hell
I can’t believe this rose has lost its red
And its petals
Who put that rock in your chest, won’t you tell me?
If I said I wished you the best, I was lying
Waking up just brings me down (down)
Cause every morning you are nowhere to be found (nowhere to be found)
And my bed is half empty not half full
I’d rather live with broken bones
Then lay here all on my own like a lovesick fool
Like a lovesick fool
Like a lovesick fool
Like a lovesick fool
Where’d you go?
You said you’ll never leave me
All alone, my heart is barely beating
Like a ghost you haunt me every day that you’re gone
I’m not the same
Now something went missing
There’s a cage, it feels like a prison
Here, I’ll stay until you come back home (home)
Who put that rock in your chest, won’t you tell me?
If I said I wished you the best, I was lying
Waking up just brings me down (down)
Cause every morning you are nowhere to be found (nowhere to be found)
And my bed is half empty not half full
I’d rather live with broken bones
Then lay here all on my own like a lovesick fool
Am I a lovesick fool?
Or am I giving up?
Am I a lovesick fool?
Waking up just brings me down (down)
Cause every morning you are nowhere to be found (nowhere to be found)
Waking up just brings me down (down)
Cause every morning you are nowhere to be found (nowhere to be found)
And my bed is half empty not half full
I’d rather live with broken bones
Then lay here all on my own like a lovesick fool
Like a lovesick fool
Like a lovesick fool
Like a lovesick fool
A|N: And that's the end of chapter 27; by the way I did not write the valedictorian speech. I have no creativity or brain to write something like that at all. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I'm happy to say I'm now at 300+ hearts <3. I haven't been up this high in hearts since my Louis story Picture Perfect (don't bother looking for it, I deleted it a long time ago.) Could you guys please give this story a shout out, tell a friend, share it on facebook or twitter. I really want to get this story to 1000+ before I finish this story. The more hearts I get the faster I update.
I'm still thinking if I should have a sequel to this story but I'm not sure yet. I'm still trying to come up with the ending of this story. Oh! This story won't be over anytime soon. I still have a lot planned for it. I think I'll get up to a hundred chapters before I end it or I make a sequel. If you guys have any suggestions on anything that should happen anytime soon please don't be afraid to share, even if it's just a filler chapter cause I'm gonna need a lot of those.
So I have come to the conclusion of my favorite song of 2013; Go Down Singing by Michelle Chamuel (Runner up of Season 4 of The Voice) and my favorite song of Midnight Memories has to be 'Half A Heart' took a lot of thought and time, but definatly my favorite. Espeically the part where Zayn sings "Only half a blue sky, kind of there but not quite"
Hope the skip in the time lapse wasn't to big. Hope you guys don't think I'm rushing to fast on this because it's gonna be a long time before Harry comes back into the picture besides his POV, anyway...
Question of the Chapter; What do you guys think is up with Miranda's parents in telling her she should go learn and live in London with her father?
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