Storming Sky

GRADUATION

It was graduation, and by the time I woke up, people were already decorating and getting ready. I managed to get out of bed, but someone – per usual these days – heard me and beat me to it.

"I can get out of bed by myself now," I complained to Emmett, who was my knight in shining armor this morning.

"Please, I should be thanking you. Alice has had us going since 3 AM – double since stores opened at 9," Emmett laughed. "You're saving me."

"You're welcome?" I questioned. My family was weird. "What time is it?" I asked him.

"Eleven," he said, matter-of-fact. Wow.

"Whoops," Graduation was in two hours. No wonder Emmet was so dressed up already.

"Yup, get your little butt moving!" Emmett boomed. I shook my head. My butt wasn't going to be moving very quickly this morning.

"Leave her alone, Emmett," Mom chided as we came downstairs. She enveloped me in a hug and helped me sit down to eat my breakfast: toast and jam. I had only been reintroduced to solids yesterday, so I was a little hesitant.

"You'll be fine, sweetheart," Dad came up behind me. "You handled them well yesterday, I'm sure you'll be fine."

"You'll be fine!" Alice yelled from the living room. I laughed.

"There she is," Dad smiled, then left me to eat my breakfast. The hyper-awareness of me had gone down some in the past day or two, but they still were tuned in. It made me appreciative of the pre-appendicitis life.

Somehow I managed – with Rosalie's help – to get ready in time. Mom, Dad, and I rode in the Mercedes while Emmett, Rose, and Jasper took her BMW.

When we got there, I immediately went over to where Tyler, Ronna, and Mariana were sitting.

"Hey guys," I smiled, and as soon as they recognized who I was, they jumped up too.

"Oh my God, you're alive!" Mariana shouted, hugging me. I winced. It had been almost a week, but I was still sore. She noticed and backed off.

"How's your appendix?" Tyler asked, helping me sit back down.

"It's gone," I shrugged. They laughed. "How are you doing, Ronna?" I tried to turn the attention away from me. Lord knows I got enough of it from my family these past few days.

"I'm well, certainly better than you're looking. I'm surprised you didn't just skip graduation," Ronna admitted.

"Edward and Alice are graduating, I couldn't really miss that," I told them. It wouldn't have made sense. For us, we knew that it wasn't a big deal, but for the rest of the world, it wouldn't have looked very good.

"Isn't that your dick of a boyfriend?" Tyler asked, pointing to where Jake and Billy were walking through the gym doors. I rolled my eyes.

"It is, and don't call him a dick," I warned Tyler. "I'm going to go say hi, are you guys coming to the party tonight?"

"I didn't know we were invited," Mariana mumbled.

"Of course you are," I scoffed. "If you weren't on the official guest list you are now. You too, Ronna," I pointed at her. "The entire senior class was invited, I think."

"It's gonna be lit!" Tyler hollered, and people turned to stare at us. My eyes grew wide.

"On that note," I mumbled as I stood up. "I'm going to go see my boyfriend."

"See you tonight, Dani!" Mariana yelled as I walked away. Jake must have heard when I started to actually leave because he met me two-thirds of the way.