Surviving the Teenage Dream

Commencement

They survived falling in love and having four (count 'em, FOUR) children. Now, Geekward and Nerdella are parents of teenagers. Say a prayer for them for they are in for a bumpy ride. Kyra is being a brat, displaying actions akin to her uncle who is nearing the end of his life on death row. Owen is a geek, like his dad. Then there is Mia and Masen, the twins. They're still cute and adorable. Well, as cute and adorable as twelve year olds can be.

Let's not forget Alice, Jasper, Adam, and Gianna (the Whitlock's), Justin, Alex and Demetri (the Volturis), Esme andMarcus (the Volturis), Tim, Rose, Ava and Lucas (the Napletons) and our antagonist, Jacob Black. Emmett will also make a brief appearance in this story, too. But he's not causing drama. His final goodbye, as it were.

Up next will be more along the lines of what I had planned for this chapter with Edward and Alice, along with some bonding time, graduation and some citrusy goodness. It will be in Edward's POV. Leave me some loving!!

Chapter Eighteen: Commencement

EPOV

It had been a week since we had the prom in our backyard. Owen and Tasha were stronger than ever, spending nearly every free moment together. I was happy to see my son finally getting out of his funk from the accident. Kyra, on the other hand, had fallen apart since Thomas broke up with her. Every night, she cried herself to sleep. She barely ate and she moved around the house in a zombie state. It took all of my control not to go over to that boy's house and smack him stupid.

My baby girl was hurting because of him.

He saw this random picture of Steve hugging Kyra from this unknown number and assumed that Kyra was cheating on him. My daughter tried to explain to Thomas that it was the day that I had been admitted into the hospital with my anxiety attack. She was upset and Steve was only trying to calm her down. Thomas just walked away.

What made things even more awkward was the fact that they were paired up for a project in chemistry class. Her chemistry teacher, Mr. Brown, would not them switch partners. Kyra wouldn't work with him, so she was doing all of the work on her own. She didn't want to call Thomas, let alone see him for this project. She just wanted to survive until the end of the school year and then move on with her life, going to Northwestern University in the fall.

I was waiting for Kyra to come out of school. Oliver was with me. We all were giving Kyra a little extra attention due to her depression from being broken up. She would smile sadly, relishing in the love her family would give her for a few moments but only time will heal her broken heart. As Kyra was walking out, the girl that she had helped a year ago with the abortion, Mackenzie, was screaming in my daughter's face. Kyra was trying to ignore it, but this girl was brutal. I got out of the car, ready to step in.

"Mr. Edward, don't," Oliver warned. "It may seem cruel, but Kyra needs to handle this. That girl has tormented her ever since Thomas ended their relationship. Kyra doesn't need you to sweep in and make her an even bigger target."

"What do you mean?" I asked, glancing at my security guard.

"She doesn't need 'Daddy' to make her problems go away. It's one of the many things that Mackenzie spews in her rants," Oliver frowned.

"Why won't she say something? Why won't she go to the school administration?" I growled, frustrated.

"She has, but Mackenzie has spun it saying that Kyra has been bullying her. It's a situation of hearsay. The response of the school is for the girls to avoid each other," Oliver replied, his brow furrowing. "Obviously, Mackenzie is not following that rule."