"Are you kidding me? How can you say that I can bring my friends along ? Do you wanna scare them ?" I almost shouted in the phone.
"Whoa...calm down girl. It's just a Thanksgiving . Nothing more or less .And it's not like we're gonna strip naked and phase to give the others a show..."
"You're gonna be the reason if we ever get exposed to the humans , Jake . I bet you on my life. "
I got a loud guffaw for a reply and cursing loudly I cut the call .
Grabbing a towel I rushed to get a shower . I was sure to be decapitated if I missed the girl's high school graduation .
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"I hope I'm not late ?" I gushed taking a seat abreast James who was chatting with Ada .
"No, not at all ." he replied .
I was surprised to see Ed sitting beside Ada on the other end ."You're back !" I exclaimed .
"Yep. Last night ." he said shrugging.
Turning my head back to the dais , I waited for the girls to receive their high school diploma .
"Giorno Della lauvea" I read the letters in gold at the far end of the hall. I suppose it meant graduation day if I wasn't wrong. My Italian was far from being perfect but at least was not as bad as it was two years ago.
It was while later -after a few speeches in Italian and English-that the names where called and each student walked up to the dais to receive his/her diploma .
"Jimmy Ferrari." The voice boomed followed by a loud applause .
My hands that had raised half way in mid air paused for a brief second .
Feeling Ed's gaze on me I averted my eyes from the gangly kid to Ed and gave a slight nod .He then shifted his attention back to the boy and scrutinized him from head to toe .
Judging by his grim look, I guessed he had a few plans reserved for the boy .
I silently hoped none of it were quite harsh .
And finally after a few more names , Sarah's was called .
I clapped harder not bothering to keep the grin off my face . This was one of the very few moments that could never be tossed out of the head and I was happy for her .
Dancing her way down the stairs and running down the aisle she came to us.
"Oh my gosh , I can't believe that I got through high school." She signed breathing heavily.
"Of course , you did . Congratulations my little girl. "
"Thanks dad." She said giving him a brief hug before turning to me and Ada , completely ignoring her brother .
"Wow .I'm so glad you guys could make it ."She said grinning ear to ear .
We congratulated her and exchanged warm hugs.
" Aeryn De Niro."
I swivelled around to face the stage and applauded once again while the shy brunette clumsily made her way to the middle of the stage .
Ed wasn't cheering like the rest of us but there was definitely a glint in his eyes as he stared at her thin profile.
Sarah left us to join a couple at the farther end of the crowd and I guessed it must be Aeryn's parents .
Her mom seemed to be an English while her dad was an Italian .
I followed Sarah to congratulate her .
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Destiny
FanfictionIt's easy to fall in love .Sometimes, all goes well and ends happily but sometimes it doesn't. Destiny has something else in mind for all of us. Good or bad- we never know. But eventually we learn to embrace it. Leah Clearwater - a...