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Disclaimer: I don't own Led Zeppelin's 'Celebration Day', 'Time of Your Life' by Green Day or 'One Way or Another' by Blondie. Who's surprised?!
The End Part II
Chapter 13: In the Words of Vitamin C
Katie flipped past the many pictures of her and Freddy that they'd taken in the last short weeks of term. Then she saw the graduation one...
FLASHBACK
'Well, you are all young adults now, and as the time comes for me to dismiss you for the final time, I can look down at all your faces and remember how different you all were when you first came to the school...'
Katie yawned. It was the hottest day of the year and they were stuck outside listening to the most boring head teacher in the world comment on how much they'd all grown 'physically and emotionally'.
'... You'll be at the top of your fields, I'm sure...' The headmaster trailed off. He had been pointing upwards to illustrate his words and had pointed to the roof of the swimming pool. Then he'd stopped.
Everyone turned around to look at what he had seen. There, on the roof, was the principal's car, a nice little Jaguar. Katie gasped. She turned around. Because of their surnames, Zack happened to be sitting directly behind her. He was laughing. She gave him a questioning look and he quickly wiped the smile off his face and tried to look concerned.
The principal was trying to restore order. Unfortunately, he realized that this wasn't going to happen as soon as the sprinklers turned on.
'There's someone in there!' Katie heard a shout. Who could it be? Then she remembered. The one guy who hadn't been there to get his certificate. Joel.
'No way,' she whispered to herself as 'Celebration Day' began playing from the speakers.
'How'd you do it?' she asked Zack and Freddy later. They were out celebrating graduation and the best senior prank ever.
'Us? Do what?' They put on innocent looks.
'I know he's stupid, but is he that stupid?' Katie was incredulous.
'The principal left his window open. We told Joel that someone dropped a dollar into the car, and he dived in to get it.' They beamed.
'No way is he that dumb.' Her voice was filled with disbelief.
'Oh yes.' They carried on beaming.
'How did you get the car up there anyway?' she asked.
'We'll never say.'
'That's a secret between us and Snoo- '
Just then the rest of the band came in.
'No more High School!' yelled Freddy.
Everyone started cheering.
'You know, guys, high school was some of the best years of my life.' Dewey said.
'Really?' Katie laughed.
'Hey, don't knock it. I was young, hot, part of a kick-ass band... All the girls wanted me, it was great.'
'Whoa! Dewey the player! How wrong does that sound.' Zack commented.
'You boys could learn from me.' He scratched his stubble and Zack cringed. 'I treated all of my girlfriends excellently.'
'What, both of them?' Freddy asked.
'Dude.' Dewey began.
'Let's have a toast,' Summer said hurriedly.
'Right, I'll do the honours, shall I?' Dewey started handing out shots.
'Why is this blue?' asked Marco, looking into the tiny glass.
'I made up a round of my specials.' Dewey beamed.
'Last time I had one of these,' Freddy commented, 'I had to get my stomach pumped.'
'That was because you drank the sediment.' Zack pointed to the grainy crystals at the bottom of the glasses.
'What's in these?' Summer asked Dewey looking at the questionably coloured glasses doubtfully.
'Trust me, you don't want to know.' Ned set down his glass. 'The original Dewey specials had cough syrup in them.'
Dewey shot Ned a look. 'I thought we agreed not to speak of them. Anyway! To the band! Have fun at college, even though you'll all be so far apart from each other, don't forget the band. Especially the Singer Formerly Known as Braceface, now just known as Face,'
'Shut up, man.' Alicia playfully interrupted. 'Can we drink these already?'
' -who is going all the way to London for college. Say hi to Pete Townshend for me if you see him.' Dewey continued. 'Good Luck to you all. Let the rock live on... in your hearts, souls... and you.'
They all raised their shot glasses, confusedly, and downed them.
'Hey, look at Miss Mullins!' Marco exclaimed, a few seconds later, as everyone recovered from Dewey's drink mixture.
Everyone turned to stare.
Miss Mullins was standing on the bar counter and holding unsteadily onto the glasses racks above her head. She pointed to Gordon and whispered loudly,
'You... Larry. Play 'One Way or Another' ok?'
Lawrence, obedient as always, went to the piano in the corner and started to play.
'Is,' Miss Mullins declared dramatically, 'For you. Allllll of you.'
None of them could look away as she sang her heart out for two verses, and then collapsed. Dewey ran forward to stop her from falling off the bar surface.
'All right.' Dewey said as he splashed water on her face. 'Who gave her alcohol?'
One by one, all the member of the band and crew raised their hands guiltily.
'I'm ashamed of you kids. Put your hands down.'
They hung their heads, but not before Zack gave Dewey an accusatory glare.
'What, Zack Attack?'
'We all saw you swap beer for her apple juice, buddy.' Zack answered.
'Really? I saw him adding vodka.' Frankie spoke up.
'I thought it was scotch. The bottle looked like it.' Michelle picked up an empty bottle from behind the bar.
'Ouch.' Freddy winced as Dewey knocked Miss Mullins' head dragging her hurriedly into the toilets and trying to ignore them. 'She's going to feel that in the morning.'
Katie laughed and looked around. She was surrounded by her best friends and Freddy had his arm around her. Suddenly she was blinded by a flash. Gordon grinned at them from behind his digital camera.
'Thanks guys!'
'So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth it was worth all the while
It's something unpredictable
But in the end is right
I hope you had the time of your life'
END FLASHBACK
Hope you enjoyed the penultimate chapter...Ukgirl:)