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Graduation :)

Chapter 23  Graduation

It has been at least two months since Cynthia Lynne has been born. She has gotten quite big. The doctors were surprised how developed she actually was when she was born.

The doctors had released Cynthia and Maria 4 days after delivery. Maria had been staying with Braxton for the last 2 months. She and the baby had the guest room and we all alternated between baby duty when she woke-up in the middle of the nights.

I had helped James Don get his bullies into trouble. I told him to try and make a scene in the lunchroom one day. He did and I got Taylor, Trevor, and even his big brother Jason to save him and I got it on video so Braxton could use this as evidence when James got the courage to take the other boys to court.

The boys had to do six months of community service and pay a huge fine. I also got Jason and James to try and become better sibilings especially since Jason had no idea what was happening.

Today is also my graduation day. I have over so many credits so the front office of my school told me I could graduate early or I could take office aid or something that would pretty much be a waste of time and get no credit for it if I wanted to walk with my graduating class.

I decided to just go a head and graduate. I accepted my acceptance letter to Yale. I decided to go and be a lawyer. I know I said it’s a boring job but the feeling you get for standing up for the innocent is amazing.

My graduation ceremony is nothing big. I take my last ap biology test and get my diploma and then I leave. When I leave I go meet my dad for lunch. Then Braxton for dinner, on Saturday I’m hanging with my best friends and on Sunday I’m going to hangout with Maria while Braxton takes care of Cynthia.

Maria and I have gotten really close. She just moved back in with Caden last night and it is kind of sad to not have her and the baby there.

Braxton is super proud of me and is going to be renting a condo really close to Yale for him and I. He has a law firm located out there too because that is where he originally started his business he went to Yale too.

My dad is hating it. It’s super hard on him. He says he has to find a new driver but I laughed and told him I’d come home one weekend a month and those are the days I will race for my dad.

“Tori are you okay?” my dad said looking at me.

“Yes daddy. I just, I’m missing mom. That’s all.” I said and continued on eating my breakfast.

Losing a parent is something I would never wish upon my worst enemy. It’s hard, but with a life like mine it’s easy to get back to life and always be happy.

“Bye dad. I’ll see you at our diner at 12:30.” I said kissing his forehead before leaving.

I drove my eclipse to school and the whole atmosphere was ecstatic about Christmas break coming up but I didn’t because today was last day at this high school. This is the place where I spent four years of my life. This is the place that made me who I am today. It’s a hard place to say goodbye to but also an easy place. Oh well I’m ready for college in the fall then.

I walked to the front office and they handed me what I needed to take my AP test. I walked to the library and started it. It was very quiet and I actually loved it. I started the test and before I knew it I was already finished. The test was surprisingly easy.

I grabbed my bag and went back to the front office. The sweet old office lady smiled and glanced at the computer.

She told me I passed the test and that I can go to second period. I walked through the doors and held on to my diploma as I opened the door and I looked at everyone of my family members and even my teachers screamed congratulations.

I was so shocked that tears sprung from my eyes as everyone hugged me. After they let go I realized I wasn’t crying from shock I was crying because I wanted my mom to hug me and say she was proud of me, but that isn’t going to happen. My dad gave me a hug and I cried in his arms which is something I haven’t done in years.