[Graduation Day, Roswell High]
"So Liz, is the speech ready?" Maria asked. Liz smiled. "As a matter of fact.it is! God, I'm so nervous. Is my hair ok?" "Liz relax. You look perfect. We've fought alie.I mean Czechoslovakians and you're nervous about delivering some little speech?" Liz grimaced. "Look, can you try and distract me? So are you mom and Valenti dating again?" she said glancing over to where the parents were sitting. "Yeah. It's good, you know with me going off to college. Mom won't be by herself. I'm glad he's got his job back." Liz nodded. They were all glad. Max had felt responsible for it in the first place.
There was a large piercing sound as Principal Peskin adjusted the microphone. "Testing, one, two three." Maria and Liz rolled their eyes. "Can everyone please take their seats?" Maria smiled at Liz. "Good luck!" she said. Liz smiled nervously back. It was agony to have to sit through the ceremony and wait till she heard Peskin's voice. "I'd like to introduce to you the winner of this year's pinnacle award Ms Elizabeth Parker!"
Liz made her way up to the podium. "Principal Peskin, our families, my fellow graduates," she began. "I stand here before you aware of the similarities that we share. I know that you're feeling, outside of my incredible stage fright, the same things that I'm feeling-- pride and accomplishment, closure and regret, and a hopeful outlook on the future. But I don't think you need me to elaborate on those feelings. Instead I--I wanted to share something personal and tell you that... that people in my life who are gone now, people I miss very much and people who I am haunted by in different ways, but whether we're separated by death or merely distance, I know that they're still with me because I keep them in my heart. The truth is, in time, that's all that we're going to be to each other anyway, this population of memories, some wonderful and endearing, some less so. But taken together, those memories help make us who we are and who we will be. So whether you're here with each other now or you're merely in each other's thoughts, remember each other on that road ahead. And I hope that no matter where your travels lead you in this life... you'll always take Roswell with you. Congratulations."
At the exact moment she stopped, the sprinkler system came on. Maria turned round to Michael and gave him the thumbs up. The students began to cheer and run around in the rain. Max threw his cap in the air and everyone began doing the same.
Liz's Diary.
It was a moment I'll never forget-Principal Peskin's face as he saw how a prank had been played after all, the happy looks on my friend's faces and my parents beaming proudly at me. No matter how crazy my life has been, and may be in the future, I'll always have this perfect moment to look back on.
"So Liz, is the speech ready?" Maria asked. Liz smiled. "As a matter of fact.it is! God, I'm so nervous. Is my hair ok?" "Liz relax. You look perfect. We've fought alie.I mean Czechoslovakians and you're nervous about delivering some little speech?" Liz grimaced. "Look, can you try and distract me? So are you mom and Valenti dating again?" she said glancing over to where the parents were sitting. "Yeah. It's good, you know with me going off to college. Mom won't be by herself. I'm glad he's got his job back." Liz nodded. They were all glad. Max had felt responsible for it in the first place.
There was a large piercing sound as Principal Peskin adjusted the microphone. "Testing, one, two three." Maria and Liz rolled their eyes. "Can everyone please take their seats?" Maria smiled at Liz. "Good luck!" she said. Liz smiled nervously back. It was agony to have to sit through the ceremony and wait till she heard Peskin's voice. "I'd like to introduce to you the winner of this year's pinnacle award Ms Elizabeth Parker!"
Liz made her way up to the podium. "Principal Peskin, our families, my fellow graduates," she began. "I stand here before you aware of the similarities that we share. I know that you're feeling, outside of my incredible stage fright, the same things that I'm feeling-- pride and accomplishment, closure and regret, and a hopeful outlook on the future. But I don't think you need me to elaborate on those feelings. Instead I--I wanted to share something personal and tell you that... that people in my life who are gone now, people I miss very much and people who I am haunted by in different ways, but whether we're separated by death or merely distance, I know that they're still with me because I keep them in my heart. The truth is, in time, that's all that we're going to be to each other anyway, this population of memories, some wonderful and endearing, some less so. But taken together, those memories help make us who we are and who we will be. So whether you're here with each other now or you're merely in each other's thoughts, remember each other on that road ahead. And I hope that no matter where your travels lead you in this life... you'll always take Roswell with you. Congratulations."
At the exact moment she stopped, the sprinkler system came on. Maria turned round to Michael and gave him the thumbs up. The students began to cheer and run around in the rain. Max threw his cap in the air and everyone began doing the same.
Liz's Diary.
It was a moment I'll never forget-Principal Peskin's face as he saw how a prank had been played after all, the happy looks on my friend's faces and my parents beaming proudly at me. No matter how crazy my life has been, and may be in the future, I'll always have this perfect moment to look back on.