Chapter 35
One year later, June 16. Graduation Day
I couldn't believe this day had finally arrived. As I sat there in my cap and gown, I couldn't have been more nervous. They had already called me up to get my diploma and now we were all waiting for the principal to dismiss us. Seth, who was sitting next to me because of our last names, took my left hand in his and squeezed it, the promise ring he had given me for my 18th birthday, exactly 4 months ago today, shining with the auditorium lights.
So much had happened since we had killed Demetri. Bella and Edward had gotten married, they had a baby called Rennesme, who Jacob imprinted on and Bella was turned into a vampire. Sue and Charlie had also gotten married and were living together over at his house. Embry moved in with Leah and Seth after Sue moved out. Collin and Brady both imprinted on fraternal twin sisters, Emma and Julie, who were sixteen. Paul imprinted on none other than Jacob's older sister, Rachel and they were inseparable now. Sam and Emily got married last week and were in California for their honeymoon. And Kim and Jared found out yesterday that they were expecting a baby, even though they're not married yet. But Jared is planning to propose in ten days, the day of Kim's birthday.
"Congratulation, grads! You have now officially finished high school" said Mr. Panini. The whole auditorium erupted in cheers and applauses.
All of us threw our black caps in the air and started crying, laughing and hugging the person closest to us. Seth grabbed me by the waist, spun me around and kissed me. This kiss was very different form all others, this kiss made me forget the whole world around us but then all of our classmates hugged us at the same time, it was a gigantic group hug. All the girls were crying and all the boys were cheering.
"Come on, let's get out of here" Seth half screamed, half laughed
"Ok" I was getting pretty tired of this whole mob scene. He pulled me out of the mob, then scooped me up in his back and gave me a piggy back ride outside, where all the parents and friends were waiting for us.
Soon, we found everybody. The whole pack was there, along with the Cullens and our families. Tanya and Josh weren't here because they were at their own graduation.
"Oh, my god, honey! Congratulations" my mom hugged me so tight, I almost couldn't breath
"Thanks, mom" then I hugged Embry, Jasper and everybody else.
"Finally we're done!" Seth said as we walked hand-in-hand to the principal's office to give back our caps and gowns
"Thank god, I need a vacation from school!" I replied
"Did I tell you that you look beautiful?" he said looking at me with a smile
"Only a thousand times. Did I tell you?"
"Yes" he smiled
I was wearing a white, lacey, knee-length dress with white heels. I had straightened my hair for the occasion and my make up was very simple: lipgloss, mascara and eyeliner. Seth was wearing a deep blue long-sleeved shirt with black pants.
When we got out of there, we all drove back to my place and had a small get together. We barbequed some stuff, went to the beach, the day was pretty cloudy so no worries of vampire exposure and then watched movies until dawn
"We better change, if we wan to make it to the restaurant on time" Seth said helping me up from the floor after 'A Walk to Remember' ended
"Ok" I went up to my room while Seth went to the downstairs bathroom to change
He had made reservations for this pretty fancy restaurant over in Port Angeles. I don't know where he got the money but he told me not to worry because a special night called for a special place to celebrate. I really didn't understand anything; graduation night is not a big deal. But he had insisted so much, that who was I to deny him?
As I slid on a dark blue dress, I couldn't help but feel a bit nervous, like something important was going to happen tonight. I got butterflies in my stomach and my heart was racing. I put my hair up in a bun with my curly bangs at the sides. I reapplied some make up, slipped on black heels and went downstairs.
Seth was already there waiting for me; he was wearing a black, long sleeved shirt with khaki pants and a huge smile
"You ready?" he said taking my hand
"Yep, let's go"
"Just a second, Edward wants to talk to me" he went over to Edward and they started whispering to each other. Then I noticed Edward slip something to Seth, and then they smiled to each other and hugged.
"Good luck" was the only thing I heard from their whispered conversation. Bella patted Seth's back. Alice and Leah had huge smiles on their faces and Embry looked somehow reluctant, like he had given up.
"You ok?" asked Rose, probably noticing my nervousness
"Perfect" I lied and she definitely noticed
"Come on, Seth, lets' go" I said walking over to the door and grabbing my coat.
"Yeah, let's go" he gave one look back before taking my hand and walking me outside
He opened my door for me and helped me inside his SUV.
"You're going to love this place" he said as we drove out of Forks
"What do they serve there?"
"Your favorite, Chinese" Chinese food WAS my favorite, I absolutely ADORED it, it was the best
"Yay" I laughed shakily, I was still nervous for no apparent reason
"Hello, Mr. Clearwater" said the Chinese old man standing at the podium, recognizing Seth when we entered the restaurant
Everything was absolutely gorgeous. The lights were low all over the place, the walls were painted red. The tables were like black shiny rock and there were Chinese painting on the walls and Chinese music playing. It was completely packed with people dressed very formally and the waiters were Chinese too. I loved it!!
"Please, come this way" said our Chinese waitress, whose name was Huynh. She took us to a private booth.
"You like it?" Seth asked me when the waitress left us
"I love it, this place is amazing" I looked around, still amazed
Our dinner was very quiet, it basically consisted of Seth looking at me the whole time with a smile and me blushing constantly when our eyes met.
When dessert came, Seth suddenly got very weird. He was very quiet and when he spoke at all, he would stutter, he kept looking down, avoiding my gaze and his hands were all shaky and sweaty.
"Seth, honey, are you ok?" I asked, I couldn't stand seeing him like this
"Of course I am, never been better" he said very fast
"Are you sure?"
"Yes"
"Ok"
After we finished the small brownie dessert, Seth stood up
"Where are you going? Are we already leaving?" I asked looking up to him
"No" he said extending his hand out to me, I took it and he pulled me from my seat
He took a deep breath before speaking again.
"Lily, you know I love you very much, right?"
"Yeah, I know" we looked at each other in the eyes
"And I know I haven't said this before because I thought it was already implied but I want to spend the rest of my life with you" people started looking at us, smiling and murmuring to each other
"I do too" I smiled
"And in order for me to ask you something, I need to know if you feel the same for me"
"You know I do, Seth" I put my hand to his cheek
He nodded, took out from his pocket the same thing that Edward had handed to him earlier and started to kneel down on one knee. People started to gasp and the murmuring increased. I could barely react to what was happening.
He looked straight up at me with my hand between his
"I want to know, if you'll marry me, Lils?" my heart started to race
He was asking me to MARRY HIM!!!! OH MY GOD!!!! Suddenly everything got very quiet, I could feel all eyes on us and I could swear people could hear my heart beat.
I opened my mouth to respond, but nothing came out, so I just nodded my head with tears falling from my eyes. He smiled my favorite breathtaking smile, took off my promise ring and slipped in THE ring. He got up and hugged me. The whole place erupted in applauses.
"Kiss her, kiss her, kiss her!!" everybody chanted. He looked back at me, smiled again and then kissed me. Everybody cheered again.
I pulled away, laughing "I love you, Seth. Thank you" I whispered
"No, thank you, Lily, for wanting to be with me and for loving me"
"I want us to be together forever, Seth"
"For all eternity?" he said with his forehead against mine
"For all eternity" and I closed the distance between us with one more kiss
AWWWW!!!!!! THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED. THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS CHAPTER.
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