I was gonna wait until later but I wanna post it so bad! So I guess I'll post it now :) Hope you like it
Graduation. Wow, we made it! It seemed like only yesterday I moved here to Amity Park. And here I am, graduating. Time flys. I was in my room, putting on my new dress that was strapless and fell to the ground. Now that I think about it, my gown would still show my dress. Oh well. I sat down at my vanaty and let down my hair. I decided to have loose curls since it was past my shoulders now. Then, I opened the drawer that had my makeup in it. I put black eyeliner on my waterlines, black eyeliner under my waterlines, and tried to get a smokey-eye look. In my opinion, it turned out pretty good for a person who doesn't get dressed up a lot. I looked into my full body mirror, smiled, grabbed my cap and gown, and went downstairs. Both my parents were in the kitchen when I walked down. "Aww, our little girl is growing up," my mom said, with tears in her eyes.
"Mom!" I whined, as she smothered me in kisses.
"Your mother's right, though, Sam. You are growing up," my dad said.
"What if I don't wanna grow up? What if I'm afraid of growing up? What if, what if-I just don't wanna grow up, so please just stop saying that!" I said. I fought back tears so I wouldn't smear my makeup. Which made me say, "Be right back, I forgot something." I ran upstairs, trying to get away so I wouldn't breakout in tears and I forgot to put on waterproof mascara and my lipstick. No wonder why my lips felt dry! I went back downstair and my parents were at the door.
"Ready?" my mom asked. I nodded, grabbed my cap and gown, and went out to the limo that was waiting for us.
I had convinced the principal to let us have the graduation outside. And I was glad that she said yes, because it was just gorgous outside that day! When we got there, I grabbed my shoes and slipped them on. I saw Danny, with his back turned to me, looking around cluelessly. I ran up to him as best as I could with the dress I had on and jumped on his back. "Oof!" he said. "Hey, do I know you stranger?"
"I'm not sure, do you?" I said. I got down and he reached back and tickled me. "Hey! Woah, woah, woah! Stop! Stop!" I was laughing in between each word.
"Well, then, come here!" he said, pulling me around to him. "Now let me get a good look at my beautiful girlfriend." He pushed me back some, put his hand on his chin, pulling on his fake goatee, and looking at me up and down. "Hmm, dress color, good. Hair, good. Shoes?" I lifted up my dress, "Lovely. And lips? Come here." He grabbed my chin and kissed me. He put his hands on my cheeks, just like our first, real, kiss. We broke away and he said, "Perfect." Then smiled, and kissed me again.
We were then interupted by Tucker. "Hey lovebirds, either get a bed or come with me!"
"Wanna come over to my house?" Danny said, jokingly
"Sure!" I said, kidding back. We started to run off, holding hands, as a joke.
"Haha, very funny you two. Now come on." We were still holding hands and chased after Tucker, who ran quite fast for a kid in a tux. I was so afraid I was gonna rip my dress when he finally stopped. "I present to you, my new girlfriend, Valerie."
"Wow, since when did you guys start going out?" Danny asked.
"A year after you two, and no, not a year after we found out officially. A year after you started," Valerie said.
"And why didn't you tell us?" Danny asked.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Tucker shot back.
"At least we only waited six months and not three years!" Danny said.
"Guys, guys! It doesn't matter. As long as everybody's happy, then let's keep it that way, ok?" I said.
"Ok, we cool bro?" Danny said.
"Yeah, we're cool," Tucker said. Then they high fived and hugged, that guy thing.
"Well, it looks like the ceremony is about to start. Wanna sit together?" Valerie asked, as if we all just met five minutes ago.
"Sure why not," we all said, or somewhere along those lines.
We grabbed a seat in about the fourth or fifth row in the right side and near the center aisle. It was Danny (on the end coming in), me, Tucker, and then Valerie. About ten minutes later, the ceremony started and Mr. Lancer walked up to the podium. "Hello, friends and family. As most of you probably know, I'm Mr. Lancer, the Vice Priniple of Casper High. I have been each of these students' teacher for at least one class for each student every year. Most of them are probably celebrating on the inside that they don't have to deal with me again." Everybody laughed faintly, and each student knew how true it was. "Anyway, our valid victorian this year, Carla Johnson. Carla, the stage is yours!" Lancer walked off the stage as she walked on.
"Friends, family, and everyone in between. We made it. We've all accomplished the biggest climb on the roller coaster called, 'Life.'" Tears were now forming. Danny looked at me and grabbed my hand. I looked at him and put my head down on his shoulder. "Majority of us are going to college far away and some of us our going into the military," she looked right at Kwan, who was going into the Marines Court. "Some of us will be staying close to home. But no matter what were doing, we all have to face the fact that we're growing up." That hit it. Tears started pouring out. I couldn't hold them in, especially after she said that. Danny put his arms around me. I felt Tucker asking what the matter was and Danny shrugging. I didn't hear a single word after that except when we got to stand up and through up our caps. I had settled down by then but still was pretty emotional.
After Valerie and Tucker left, I said to Danny, "I don't wanna grow up!" Tears were spilling out again. "I've been afraid of growing up ever since sixth grade. And-and going off to college, leaving my family, and you going to college on the other side of the country, I-I don't know what I'm gonna do! What if something happens and I can't get myself out of it? And it wasn't even my fault?"
"Shhh, shhh, shhhhh." Danny wiped my tears, smearing my makeup but neither of us cared. "Everything's gonna be ok. I promise. You're going to one of the best colleges in the country and you should take advantage of that. I promise, I will try as hard as I can to come visit at night. No matter what it takes, I'll try to see you. I promise." He kissed my forehead. "I promise," he said, lifting my chin for a kiss on the lips. Man, I was gonna miss this. Giving good night kisses. It's gonna be hard giving them on FaceTime. "Come on, the dessert table is deserted. Lets go get sugared up before our parents yell at us.
FIVE YEARS LATER
"Sam, somebody's at the door for you."
"Ok, Mom. I'll be down in just a minute," I said. My mom closed the door and I was finishing my email to Danny. He had come to visit almost every other week and we did FaceTime every day. I was wearing something different for me, a black and dark purple striped shirt that came right above my elbows and a pair of dark blue jean shorts.
I closed down my computer and walked out into the hallway. "Ok, so who's h-" I looked up and saw him. My jaw dropped. "Oh, my God!" I said, running down the stairs as fast as I could. When I reached the bottom, I jumped up on Danny who gave me a huge hug and spun me around. "I thought you said that your semester didn't end for another three weeks?"
"I did. But if you knew when I was really coming back, you wouldn't be as surprised as you are now! Unless you aren't surprised. Are you surprised?" he asked.
"No, I knew this is what you were- OF COURSE I'M SURPRISED!" I said, and jumped up for another hug. He didn't seem to mind. We had both been really busy with final exams and everything so he didn't come and visit at all since the last week of April.
"Well, I'm glad. Hey, do you think your folks would be ok with you coming to hang out for little bit?"
"Right now?"
"Yeah, why not?"
"Yeah, hang on. Hey mom! I'm going out with Danny. I'll be back later! Alright we're free to go."
"Did she even hear you?"
"I don't know. But I told her so she can't say that I didn't tell her."
"Always trying to do what your parents don't want you to do."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, lets just go." We walked outside and Danny picked me up like a bride and then went ghost. "Uhh, what are you doing?"
"It's to pretty outside to drive. I would have thought that you would have been the one scolding me for driving not vice versa!"
"Alright, carry on." So he carried me all the way to our favorite spot in town was, the hillside with the big tree. He had a whole table set up all fancy. "What is this all for?" I asked.
"What, a guy can't come home and have a nice dinner for his girlfriend whom he hasn't seen for over a month? Somethin's messed up there."
"Oh, just shut up and sit," I demanded, jokingly.
We sat down and started eating. "Oh my gosh! Did you make this yourself?" It was my favorite, vegetarian pizza.
"Mm-hmm. Man, when you move to Flordia for five years and don't visit your favorite part in town when you come, you forget how beautiful small town Amity Park is."
I turned around and said, "Yeah. Same thing happens when you travel to various countries." I sighed, turned around while saying, "Ahh, I missed this place so-" then I saw Danny down on one knee with a black velvet box. I gasped, my jaw dropped as far open as humanly possibly, tears started to form, and my hand started to shake very slowly up to my mouth.
Danny smiled and said, "Sam, you've been my best friend for what seems like ever; I've been in love with you for as long as I can remember; and every time I came to visit in the night, I wanted to do this but I couldn't think of a better place to do this at. Ok, that's a lie. A better place would be Antartica where we had our first real kiss but I guess where we had our second real kiss and our favorite place in town is a good choice too." Tears made my vision go blurry, so I blinked and after that, I couldn't stop them. "So Sam Manson..." here it comes! The moment that I have been waiting for forever! My wedding engagement with my Prince Charming, "will you marry me?" My stomach did a huge flip.
I smiled and my hand finally made it up to my mouth and I couldn't say word. I could open my mouth but nothing would come out. I nodded then jumped from my seat and into Danny's arms. My arms wrapped around his neck for the biggest hug in a while. My legs wrapped around him some how. His arms wrapped tightly around my back and waist. I whispered the only things that could come out. "I love you." And he repeated them back.
"I love you."
Man, am I a hopeless romantic or what! Seriously, I think I'm the only person who actually puts her actual feelings that she would have into this. Anyway, I hope you like it. I enjoyed writing so much. I wanna write it again and post it again and keep doing that over and over and over again. hehehe. So please review, I like reading them and responding :) They can be positive or negative, I love you for even just glancing at this so reviews make me even happier. Love you guys!
xx Sam