Where It All Began - Tyrus

Chapter 14

Welcome to the last chapter, folks. Get ready.

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It has been over 3 years since TJ and Cyrus made up for the second, and last time, for sure. Their senior year in high school went by smoothly, a year that anyone could dream of having.

TJ was overcoming his dyscalculia, and he was the best student in his class.

Cyrus was slowly sucking himself up into film again, and wanted to get into film school.

It was graduation day. Cyrus was chosen as valedictorian, and was about to give his speech.

"And now, we present Cyrus Goodman, our class valedictorian," Mr. Mulsh announced, "with his speech."

The crowd of various graduates behind him and family members and friends started to roar, as Cyrus walked up to the podium with confidence, something he has been working on throughout his years in high school.

As the roaring cheers of the crowd died down, Cyrus began his speech.

"Fellow graduates, family members, lifetime friends, teachers, everyone that's here, I am honored to be standing in front of you today. Not only did it take over 2 months to practice my speech," He smiled, as the crowd laughed, "but it took a lot of confidence, something that I have seriously been working on for over 5 years of my life. I have so many people to thank for this speech, my family, my best friends Andi and Buffy, and my amazing boyfriend, TJ." The crowds result of Cyrus saying those last words was an "aww".

Cyrus continued. "We all have things to look forward to in our life; whether it be sitting around all day, getting our dream jobs, or even getting our life started. We're all different people, and we should be proud of ourselves for that. If you look from left to right of the class right behind me, you'll see so many different, but amazing faces. We are all looking forward to getting our lives started, and it will start today, our graduation day. Thank you."

Cyrus bowed, and as a result, the crowd roared with cheers again, and he sighed as he felt relieved.

He sat down again, being awarded with "good job", "you did amazing", etc. He felt accomplished.

As everyone's names were called, everybody was ready to throw their caps into the air, and so that happened.

TIME SKIP

TJ's lifelong dream was to become a basketball player, and get drafted into the NBA. He was awarded a scholarship at Duke, and he left 3 days after graduation. His goodbye to Cyrus was quick, but sad. Cyrus understood that he wanted to do what he wanted to do, as they parted ways.

Buffy had a sad farewell with Cyrus too, as she left at the same time TJ did. She was unsurprisingly rewarded a scholarship to Duke as well, and she would be going with TJ. Over the past years, they've gotten so close, that they were able to call each other friends. Cyrus was so proud of seeing how their friendship progressed, and was proud to see that he was partly responsible for getting everyone closer.

Andi told him the news that she was going to UCLA to study art, and that she was leaving the next day. Cyrus was devastated as he was going to be alone, but he remembered his graduation speech.

"We are all looking forward to getting our lives started, and it will start today, our graduation day. Thank you."

As Andi left, he got a letter in the mail, stating that he was accepted to a film school in Los Angeles. He didn't want to feel devastated, as he was still managing a long-distance relationship with TJ, but he did want to get his life started.