Farewell……

It was a sunny day in Degrassi Community School as the graduating Class of 2007 were getting ready to say there final farewell to the place the called home for six years, with the caps and gowns placed firmly on there bodies the all took one there final walk in to the Hall. As the music played they walked in, in rows of two and stood behind there seats, the parents clapped and cheer as the Class of 2007 took their final seats as students, the music stopped and Principle Hakilakos took the stand and began her speech

" Well here we are again another year, and another group of students we have to say goodbye to, it is not only hard for the students but for the teachers as well, before I was Principle Hakilakos I was Mrs. Hakilakos the science teacher and I taught many of these students for several years. This is so hard we have known these students since they were in grade 7 and now they are in grade 12 and going off on there own, to face the big world and hopefully we taught them everything they need to know, but I know for a fact that these intelligent bunch of students will defiantly go far so on behalf of myself and all the teachers in Degrassi you guys will defiantly be missed, so go out there and get them and remember don't be afraid to take chances believe in yourself and aim for the stars because anything is within reach" Principle Hakilakos wiped a tear before announcing the valedictorian " Ladies and Gentlemen the valedictorian for 2007 – Liberty Van Zandt" The crowd erupted in cheers as Liberty took her place in the podium "Good afternoon " Teachers, Parents, Students and Distinguished guests, today is a very important moment in each of our lives, it is the time were we leave all the childishness behind a finally embrace out adulthood, it is hard for many of us to do this mainly because Degrassi was out sanctuary a home away from home, but now we have to move away from this and although it will be hard it must be done so as we say farewell I must acknowledge the people who lead us to be here today including Mrs. Hakilakos, Mr. Simpson and Mr. Armstrong who taught us and gave as all the knowledge that we need to go out into this great big world , so I thank you for all your help in getting us this far and on behalf of each and every single one of us thank you for being out teachers, mentors and friends" the class of 2007 stood up and applauded the teachers before sitting down and letting her talk again " so this is it, goodbye to all the teachers, homework, tests, laughter and memories, I'm sure we will miss some more then others" the audience laughed while Emma and Manny wiped tears "but we did it guys we finally did it, and we can only look ahead now. So may life lead us to only success and happiness Congratulation Class of 2007, Thank you" The crowd applauded once more before the awards were being handed out " Andrew Betermen, Katie Copper, Emma Nelson, Toby Issacs, Manny Santos, Kendra Mason, Liberty Van Zandt……." As everyone stood on the stage Mrs Hakilakos announced finally " As the principle of Degrassi Community school I am now proud to present the graduating class of 2007, Congratulation" and with that each student throw their hats in the air leaving behind their child hood and moving on to a brighter future. After the ceremony ended people scrambled together to take final photos before heading off " I'm so proud of you Em" Spike said hugging her daughter Archie smiled and stated "so am I " "Me to, congratulations guys" Sean said as he kissed Emma's cheek "can you believe how much they have grown" Mrs Santos piped in as she wiped tears that threatened to fall "Yes I still can't believe Toby has finished it seems like yesterday her was in diapers" Mr Isaacs reminisced, "dad" Toby bellowed as everyone laughed " How about we take a picture of you guys together" Mrs. Van Zandt suggested as she pulled out a digital camera from her bag, Liberty rolled her eyes it was always typical of her mother to pull out cameras at any event, Liberty has picture of herself at events she from the day she was born until now it didn't surprise her that her mom did this. "come on get together everyone" Archie laugh as everyone tried to squeeze in to the picture once everyone fit each parent pulled out 3 cameras each and the clicking began, once the started the parents couldn't stopped they yelled out comments such and "one more guys" and " look this way" afterwards it took a while before the kids could recover "oh my god I think I'm blind" Kendra said as she frantically rubbed her eyes "I'm telling you our parents are Cuckoo Banana " Manny shook her head. "hey guys you still up for the congratulation party mom is throwing for us" Emma asked a series of 'yes' 'yeah' and 'yep' were replied by the group "ok so let's go then you don't wanna be late to your own party right" Sean said as he escorted them out of the hall, but Liberty stood there frozen in her spot " Lib, are you ok" Emma placed her hand on Liberty's shoulder "hmm what was that Emma?" Liberty answered being pulled out of her trance "are you ok?" She repeated again Liberty nodded and gave them a smile "I'm fine guys really , I just remember that I have to take care of something so you guys go ahead" " you sure Liberty, you don't want us to go with you" Sean suggested Liberty shook her head " I'll be fine you guys go ahead and ill meet you at Emma's " The group nodded and went off to Emma's to begin the celebration.

Liberty took a deep breath before going inside, it had been ages since she had been here, the end of her junior year to be precise she couldn't believe how long it had been. She sighed and silently cursed herself for not coming sooner she walked around slowly and carefully searching for the destination until her eyes set on the name Yorke in big bold letters, tears threatened to fall from her eyes but she did care this was a long time coming and she needed to do this as she walked toward the grave her body began to shake and the words she had been yearning to say for so long just simply came out "Hey JT".