Falling Back #wattys2017

Epilogue

High School graduation

The head cheerleader Meghan was at the pedestal doing a speech on how the class of 2017 was an amazing class and wished us luck on living the rest of our lives. She wrote a great speech that made all two hundred seniors listen with interest

Unfortunately, I was sitting smack in the middle of Hanna and Tracey because our names were in alphabetical order and it would be easier for the diploma process. Hanna and Tracey shot me dirty looks the whole time with rolling eyes

"It was your fault that Olga died on the Brooklyn Bridge!" cried Hanna

"Yeah, even though there was no evidence that you directly killed her, you were on the Brooklyn Bridge at the same time so were going to assume you did it" said Tracey

At first, I tried to make up lies about what happened to Olga but honestly, who cares what Hanna and Tracey think of me? They were jerks to me this whole time and they weren't there when I needed them the most so if they think I'm a psychopathic murderer, let them. They were going off to collage anyways

Of course since the Brooklyn Bridge got blown up into smithereens, the news wanted a story as to what happened so they asked Mike and I what happened because they saw us on the bridge. Steve didn't want anyone to know about the mission so we said that we were just taking an evening stroll on the bridge when all of a sudden, we got attacked by terrorists and we barely made it off the bridge alive. Luckily, the news bought that story and now Mike and I are famous war heroes. It really looked good on my collage resume

So Mike and I decided to take the entrance exam late and cross our fingers we still get into a collage. Mike wants to just get his regular collage education and then he would decide what career he wants to choose

I decided that I wanted to open up an orphanage. I thought it would be great because I loved running the orphanage while Penny was gone and I guess I always had this passion for taking care of people. It's really important to me that I help kids with tuff pasts and give them a warm inviting home

I always hope that my mom will be proud of me from heaven. One thing I know is that she will love me no matter what path I choose in life. All these years, I thought I was the worst daughter ever for taking my mother's life when she was born but it turns out that Olga killed her and now Olga is suffering in hell and she will never get out for all eternity which was what Olga deserves. And I also realized that history doesn't always have to repeat itself. Mom and Dad never blew up the Brooklyn Bridge. So therefore, Mike and I's lives would be different. But no matter how my mother died, I will always feel horrible that she had to die in the first place when she could have had a wonderful life ahead of her. My mother didn't deserve to have her life taken away

As for the orphanage, it did have to shut down after Penny got convicted so I was able to send the three kids loving families that Mike and I knew personally from our hometowns and now they are all happy. Lola personally thanked me by putting her and Aaron in different homes so that when they get old enough, Lola could ask Aaron out. They all still go to the same school and hang out at the Burger Barn so they are doing great

It felt great to graduate high school and to have a bright future ahead of me. There was a certain feeling of pride I got when the principal gave me my diploma in front of the whole school. Sure, every senior gets their high school diploma at the end of the year but for some reason, it felt more special to me because it showed a fresh start out of high school and the begging of the rest of my life

The graduation ceremony went on for about an hour and when it was finally over, the whole high school class ran to the open land behind our school while Pennons Circumstance played in the background and we all threw our caps in the air. All the teenagers from my grade were shouting and singing along to the pop music that turned on after a couple of minutes and confetti was flying in the air