Chapter 9

*Maddie's POV*

When I woke up this morning and Diggie was still there, I blushed. For no apparent reason, I blushed. Liv was asleep, Diggie was asleep, so why exactly did I blush? I don't know. I guess it was just because I had fallen asleep next to Diggie.

I waited for Diggie and Liv to wake up before I got up, so I lay there thinking for a little while. Liv woke up around the same time Diggie did. This was because I saw Liv stir and sat up, and I think my sudden movement woke Diggie. After a few minutes they were both awake. I looked at Diggie and blushed again. He was bright red as well. Liv had a suspicious look on her face and devilish smirk.

"When I came in here last night, you were both asleep. Might now I ask, why were you asleep?" she asked.

"7 straight hours of basketball is exhausting," Diggie replied.

"We came in here to talk," I continued. "and I guess we fell asleep."

"Oh, leave it to you to make this not romantic and drag basketball into it," Liv said. I rolled my eyes.

"I think we should probably get up," Diggie suggested. Liv and I agreed. Diggie had to rush home to get ready for his graduation ceremony and I wasn't exactly ready myself.

*Diggie's POV*

I walked down the aisle in the church at my graduation. I was arm-in-arm with a girl named Kelsey Jones, a girl I barely knew. It felt awkward not being there with Maddie and all, but Maddie was there, sitting on a pew somewhere in the church. I was wearing my cap and gown. I sat down on a pew and after some people spoke at the altar, we were each individually called up to recieve our diplomas. The principal handed me my diploma and shook my hand.

I was proud that I was a graduate of Ridgewood High School, but, in a way I would miss it. I'd miss my friends and the team, who would all go their seperate ways. But I knew Maddie would always be there for me. Even though we'd be several hundred miles apart, we'd still be close. Closer than any of my friends. Closer to my heart.

52 black and gold caps rained down from the sky in Steven's Point that day. The churchyard was full of my classmates and their families and other people that had showed up. My Mom and Dad walked up to me as we watched the caps fall back down to the ground. Maddie came over as well, fighting through the crowd.

"Sorry I took so long," she said. "There are like two thousand people here."

"Yeah, there are a lot!" I replied. "So, you still going to prom with me tonight?"

"Wouldn't miss it!" she told me, and we walked out of the crowded church grounds.

*Maddie's POV*

I had to prepare for Diggie's prom, but being Liv Rooney's twin sister made that kind of a problem. I wanted to wear a blouse and pants but Liv kept insisting that I wear this dress she had. I continued to argue and was almost late because Liv made me wear a necklace she had with my choice outfit.

"Well, you have to wear this," Liv insisted shoving the necklace into my hand. "if you aren't going to wear the dress."

"Fine," I reluctantly agreed, and put on the necklace.

"Better!" Liv said. I rolled my eyes.

*Diggie's POV*

I waited in the gym for Maddie to arrive. I was getting too warm in the suit I was wearing so I stepped outside the gym and into the cooler corridor. Soon Maddie arrived and I escorted her into the gym, where we sat down at a table.

Maddie and I talked for a while until the food came, and then after we ate the tables were cleared for the dance. Maddie didn't really want to dance and her eyes kept wandering. Once I was curious about what she was looking at and I realized she was looking at the basketball hoops on either side of the gym.

"I want to play too," I said. She turned toward me and smiled.

"Yeah, I'm gonna miss shooting hoops here with you," she told me.

"I'll come visit," I reassured her. "We can play then."

"I know you will," she told me and she finally agreed to dance.