Jennie
Graduation. The day we triumph over the system we call education; against all the odds stacked against us by this system. This is the day that every kid in this place has all been waiting for---the day we are finally freed from the mediocrity of high school, our parents, our home---ready to embrace the unknown life called college. Yet here I am, having mixed feelings about ending this chapter of my life.
From the stage that was set on the school field, I glanced all around me, looking at the place where I spent the most memorable days of my life with two of the most important people in my life. I can still picture the times my best friend would hastily copy my homework before homeroom every time she forgets doing hers; or the times I would catch Donny stealing glances at me and would make my stomach erupt in butterflies even before we got together. There's this one time I spent in detention just because Lisa wouldn't shut up in class; and also the time when some senior girl dumped her lunch on me in the cafeteria during Sophomore year. I also wouldn't forget the time my boyfriend had serenaded me in the hallways just to ask me to be his date in the Winter formals. Every memory I have in this place---good or bad---will stay with me forever.
Looking around the crowd, I searched for the faces around me until it landed on the handsome features of the boy who holds my heart dear. Catching my eyes, his adoring brown ones instantly ignited in the most devout look, his lovely lips curled into a lovingly tender smile, making my heart leap, and my eyes turn glassy with emotions. Oh how did I get so lucky?
Nodding my head with a glowing smile, I finally turned away from him, only to look at the other person in this world who holds a special place in my heart. Glancing down, I eyed her soft, warm hand intertwined with mine. It felt so perfect against the palm of my hands, and I never wanted to let it go. Squeezing her hands, I looked up to find her already staring back at me with countless emotions swimming across her galactic brown orbs. She flashed me an affectionate smile, her eyes twinkling with emotions as she stared at me in a way that fills my heart with overflowing warmth, and my breath stills for a moment. Everything and everyone else around us were all drowned out, and I was taken back to all those times we've been together in this place, without all the new people in our lives. It has always been the two of us since freshman year, and it makes me deeply regretful that we haven't been there for each other during the last and harshest year of high school. Nevertheless, holding her hands like this as we stared through each other's soul---it feels like nothing has ever changed and that everything will always be right between us. But I know it wouldn't. She'll be thousands of miles away, and I'm a ticking time bomb just waiting to explode when the time runs out.
"Smile!" The cameraman shouted, snapping us out of our locked gaze, making us abruptly look forward with a surprised and unprepared look. The gaping hole in the pit of my stomach eats me up from the inside, but I did my best to hold up a smile for the camera to see---to capture forever into a tangible memory. This is graduation after all, so I should be happy shouldn't I? But the happiness that I'm supposed to be feeling right now is eclipsed by the despair brought about by my friend's nearing departure.
'I'll be leaving just after graduation', she said---she wasn't kidding. She really is leaving me behind two days from now. Too soon. But I don't think I'll ever be ready to let her go.
"Jen." I heard a my best friend calling out my name in a concerned tone as she squeezed my hand ever so tenderly, like I might crumble at the slightest ungentle touch.
"What?" I uttered, snapping out of my thoughts as I stared back and got lost on her worried brown eyes once again.
"You were spacing out, are you alright?" She asked, her eyebrows connecting in worry.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I chuckled at myself, noticing that everyone was already scrambling out of the stage, towards their awaiting families, and just on cue, I saw my parents---together with my bestfriend parents, my boyfriend and his parents---frantically waving at us. They are all pleasantly interacting with each other and it makes my heart feel contented just to see everyone getting along.
"Okay then, let's go. Your boyfriend and our parents are already waiting for us. They're probably dying to take our pictures now." My bestfriend said, forcing a smile on her face before gently pulling me towards our awaiting parents.
"Wait." I tugged at our intertwined hands, making her abruptly stop on her tracks to look back at me with another worried look . "Visit me later tonight, I have to tell you something. Okay?" I bit my lips nervously as I took in her surprised and widened eyes. But before she could ask any questions about my sudden request, I quickly tugged her hands with mine and led her towards our parents with my heartbeat quickly beating loud.
All throughout the day, I was distracted and anxious about her visit and the things I wanted for us to talk about. Even my boyfriend has asked about my peculiar behavior a couple of times, but I acted nonchalant about it until he eventually let it slide. The culmination of my anxiety created a mess out of me as I thought of all the things that could go right or wrong. It was making me feel so distressed that when I heard the unmistakable sound of tap-tapping on my windows at exactly ten that night, I immediately sprung up, like a madwoman, from my bed to let my blonde friend in who looked like she was just as distressed as me.
"What do you want to talk about?" She implored in an anxious stance, immedately going straight to the point as soon as she got inside the warmth of my dwelling.
With trepidation, I motioned for her to sit with me on my bed, making her cautiously eye me before eventually following me as I sat on the edge. As soon as we got settled, sitting side by side, my heartbeat suddenly went haywire with tension, making me struggle to breathe and announce to her my proposition. The idea suddenly dawned on me earlier, and I didn't bother consulting anyone about it first---not even my parents or my boyfriend---for I know that they will just make me rethink about my hasty and emotion-driven decision. Worrying about consequences will just make me feel dizzy and nauseous, so I chose to throw my caution in the wind and just jump in head-first without care or worry about tomorrow. "I'll come with you to Thailand."
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AN:
Hi guys! I'm back, more lively and happy as ever! I know many of you are relating to this, not just with the plot per-se, but with the story of acceptance and love. Don't be afraid to do something that feels right. So spread the gayness and make everyone happy lmao.
I'm sorry that this chapter is short, but I just wanted to release so that you guys know that I'm still alive :D I also want you to die in suspense and anticipation lmao (but not literally)
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