lies || troy bolton [2] / / ON HOLD

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After performing in the musical Felicity was over the moon. She had two of her favorite people supporting her all the way. An amazing boyfriend that she got to share this experience with. And a whole new group of friends that she found that she could trust.

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The last day of junior year was upon me. The school had the worst idea, keeping me locked in these walls of the drama classroom. As if I hadn't had enough drama.

"You must remember, young thespians," Ms. Darbus spoke to us as we just stared at her with a hand on our face. "Learning is never seasonal, so do allow the the shimmering lights of summer" Ms. Darbus's voice went up to a pitch that no woman or man should've made at her age. Waking up all of us, making us sit straighter and out hands away from our faces. Zeke sat in the front with a paper hat on his head on a chair next to Ms. Darbus, sitting there as if rethinking his whole entire life. "To refresh and illuminate your fertile young minds. The future greets you with its magic mirror, reflecting each golden moment."

For the rest of her summer speech I zoned out giving my complete attention to the clock behind her. The second hand seemed to move slower and slower on every tick that it made.

25 seconds

20 seconds

15 seconds

10

5

3:10

goodbye school, hello summer

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I went to my locker to clean out the remaining objects that I left there to keep it clean for the upcoming juniors. Three pictures of me and Troy in a photo booth was placed on the inside of the door which was only held by one piece of magnet. I smiled lightly as I looked at it. It was from one of our dates over the past semester at a carnival. I remember how I dragged him to ride all of the roller coasters and him complaining on how sick he would get. Then we went into the photo booth, full of giggles, smiles, and kisses. My three were the bottom three. The first picture was us laughing and smiling at each other as I sat on his lap. The second one had me leaning on his shoulder both of us with wide smiles. And the last one had me kissing on Troy's cheek his face showing that it was unexpected and his cheeks covered in a light shade of pink. After that photo Troy looked at me in a loving way and fully kissed me. I remember a couple opening the red curtain that covered us from the outside world giving us looks of disgust. We looked at them like how kids that were caught in a bad act by their parents, a deer in headlights. Or that was only Troy, I on the other had a big smile on my face as we stood up and left the booth. Troy grabbed the photos and ripped them in half giving me the side that he didn't take after protests of me letting him choose when he wanted me to choose. His was of us making silly faces and having pure fun, "it reminds me of how happy I am with you," an exact quote from Troy Bolton himself.