Forgotten Sissters

Chapter 23

Lilly's Epilogue

It was the day of their graduation and Lilly was nervous. She was home getting reading. She had no clue where Mia was. Lana was at Mia's where she had been living for the past two years. She knew they were all off to college in the fall. She had planned on going to Colombia like Michael and her boyfriend Kenny or Kenneth as he now likes to be known as. Lana had been having trouble deciding between NYU and Yale.

Lilly was feeling sick to her stomach. She sat on the edge of her bath tub trying to calm herself down. She stood back up and looked at herself in the mirror. She put her graduation cap on and walked out the door and was greeted by an equally nervous Kenny (sorry Kenneth).

"Are you ready Lilly?" he asked taking her arm.

"Yes I am." Lilly replied.

As the Duo walked out they were greeted by a cheerful Michael. Something has gotten into him, Lilly thought to herself. He was wearing the same clothes he left in.

"Okay where were you last night and I know it wasn't with Mia because she whined about how grandmère was making her stay the night at the plaza with her while Lana and I got to stay home." Lilly said to him.

"I was with Mia after she snuck out of the hotel room with the help of Lars of course." Michael replied.

"You really should go get ready Mia will murder you if you don't show up on time."

"I know, I know now let me go so I can get ready. If you wait for me I'll hitch a ride with you."

"Only if you hurry up I'll get reprimanded by Principal Gupta if I get their late." Lilly replied.

"I will to since I am the valedictorian." Kenneth said coming into the conversation.

Michael left the duo and ran to his room. He quickly changed into a pair of slacks and a white button down shirt and a sports coat. He left his chucks (Mia loved them) on. He grabbed his phone and camera because Lilly wanted him to film the graduation.

"Hurry your big but up Michael!" Lilly hollered from the entry way.

"I am coming." He called after closing his bedroom door.

The duo plus Michael headed down to the car (grandmère insisted) that was to take them to the hotel where they were going to be graduating at. Lilly and Kenneth took the back seat while Michael sat in front with the driver knowing that the back seat would be too crowded for the three of them to sit comfortably.

When they got to the hotel they were greeted by Michael and Lilly's Parents. Michael went to sit with the parents while Lilly and Kenneth went to wait in the room with the other graduates.

Lilly was so nervous that she kept on twisting the promise ring Kenneth gave her a year ago around on her finger. Mia wasn't there yet which made Lilly's stomach flip even more. Kenneth finally made her sit down in a chair just in case she fainted. She took hold of his hand and didn't let go.

Twenty minutes before they were to make their way to their seats for the ceremony Lana arrived with Lars and Mia in tow. Lars stood back while the three girls huddled together. Kenneth stood by Lars and kept his eye on Lilly.

"What took you so long?" Lilly asked when they got out of ear shot.

"The dress I was supposed to wear got messed up so I had to find another one, Lana stayed to help me otherwise she would have been hear earlier." Mia replied.

"All GRADUATES LINE UP ALPHABETICALLY NOW!" Gupta yelled over all the conversations. The only one not to follow this was Kenneth because he had to sit up on the stage next to the administrators.

Lilly, Lana and Mia were all separated by several people.

The graduation took all of three hours with all the speeches and the giving out of diplomas. Lilly went to look for Kenneth. She could see Lana and Mia and the rest of her friends waiting for her by the door. She dragged Kenneth along behind her (he went willingly). The family appeared not long after and told them to meet up at the Plaza where they had a privet room booked. The family went in their own cars while the kids and their significant others climbed into a limo.

Michael and Mia; Boris and Tina; Lilly and Kenneth; Lana and James (a recent find). Michael and Mia were closest to the little fridge in the limo; it was stocked with everything. They were all happy talking about what their college prospect were going to be.

Mia had been talking animatedly about Harvard. She was excited to go and couldn't help but move her hands around when she talked about it. Lilly had caught a glint of sun light reflecting off her hand.

"Mia what is that on your finger?" Lilly asked without even thinking.

The limo noise was gone now. All the girls stared at Mia's left hand. On which sat a small but beautiful ring.

Tina started bouncing in her seat. Boris just as shocked tried to calm her down.

Lana stared open mouth at Michael. James did nothing having not known them for only ten minutes.

Kenneth sat open mouth at Michael.

"A ring." Mia replied sarcastically.

"What type of ring?" Lilly asked.

"Diamond obviously."

"That is not what I meant and you know it?"

"I'll give you a hint. It starts with an E and ends with a G." Mia Replied to Lilly.

Lilly and Lana both thought about what she said for a few seconds. "Grandmère is going to kill you both." They replied.

"We don't care. I told him if it wasn't for the cameras that follow me I would go to city hall-you know really give grandmère a heart attack but that was only after I nearly fainted when he asked."