Destiny

Chapter 37 - Dinner date

"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 .