"You win this round, BROCCOLIIIIIIIII!" Gotta love you some Patrick Star right? "Twinkle, twinkle, Patrick Star!" This happens when you are babysitting your nephews, and writing at the same time!
Anyways I'm trying to start this new year off with a new chapter! I know I just posted one, but tis the giving season so. I love saying tis, my friend thinks I'm stupid when I say it, but just try it a couple times, tis awesome, right?
What are some of y'alls new years resolutions? I know one of mine is getting a job and actually saving the money this time. Mine ALL went to gas or my parents this year.
Oh my gursh, speaking of gas it's freaking $1.99 where I live! It was $3.45 when I first started driving, I'M SO FREAKING HAPPY! Wooo! I only need about $18 for a full tank when it was $33 back in August!
Just to be clear, I'm not sure how it's been in my story so far, but I'm having them graduate late May, so the crash happened late May, and they graduated high school in late May, all the same day, lets say the 18 or something similar... so yeah.
This chapter was gonna be longer, but I'm posting it literally ten minutes before I have to leave for school. Enjoy! I just wanted to give y'all something to read, since I can't finish the second half of this fast enough. Anyways, enjoy, comment, something!
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Time Skip! (FPOV a year later, Fang's graduation from college!)
"Juile 'JW' Wackter, degree in socioeconomics." It's almost my turn, the dean is about to give me my degree, oh my gosh I did it, I graduated!
"James 'Iggy' Walker, degree in pyrotechnics, watch out everyone!" The audience laughs at that comment.
"Nicolas 'Fang' Walker, degree in business and law." As I walk up to the dean, shake hands with all the investors and whoever else, I spot a woman.
She's in a beautiful white lace dress, she seems so familiar, but her hat covers her face. There is a business-like man sitting next to her, talking on his phone, he's probably in his thirties.
She has a stroller with her though, and the what appears to be three year old girl is sitting on her lap.
Aside from Ella and Nudge, I don't know any women who have a baby. I guess I need to find her later.
Yeah, Nudge is pregnant, she met this really nice guy, Landon, about two years ago, no one knew they were dating until she sent out the wedding invitations.
As soon as I get my degree the dean tells me to wait by the stage for him to call me back up, which only takes about ten more minutes.
I asked him if I could share what happened four years ago, and how that shaped my life, how I've gotten over the obstacles and all.
"Ladies and gentlemen, as few of you may know, this amazing man, Nicolas, has graduated. He came here four years ago, he encountered a traumatic experience."
The audience cheers at the graduated part, but gasps at the traumatic experience. "He's ready to tell you how he's done it." There is some clapping and cheering again.
"So, four years ago, I was graduating high school, actually it was exactly four years ago, funny how life goes right?" The audience laughs.
"My girlfriend, Max, and I were on our way to a graduation/beach party. The beach where we met at the end of 7th grade." Sighs from the female part of the group.
"She was my life from then on, but that night, we were struck head on by a semi." Cries from the audience.
"She was supposed to drive that night, but changed her mind at the last second. We were laughing and teasing each other the entire way to the beach." I smile at the memories before the crash.
"Less than ten minutes to go, and then my world changed forever. My Max, she was and still is half my world, my soul mate, the last time we spoke was three days after the crash." My voice broke so many times saying those two sentences.
"She suffered several severe seizures, and then slipped into a coma, she's been like that since four days after the crash." Tears silently fall from my face.
"I'm so lucky she's still breathing, the crash was horrific. I saw the crash happening before it happened." Time to reveal that little bit.
"I could've avoided the semi, I know this, but the only way to have avoided would've risked the lives of eight other students who had also just graduated. They were in a van right next to us." Whispers rise in the crowd.
"Our crash, led to my future. My business and law degree is going to lead me to start a company with my brothers, it's going to be in accordance with his degree."
Yup, a pyrotechnics company that ships things all over the world! Iggy's plan on world domination... of fireworks.
"You know, since that crash, my life has been crap, but it's been kind of good crap. Last year after we got out of classes for the year, I went to see her, didn't go to well." That's a fucking understatement.
"My baby sister ran away barely a month after the crash, she was 14. She left for Hollywood, no one has heard from her in four years." I don't want to admit this.
"She left because no one paid enough attention to her. No one saw how it effected her, except for me, but with the crash, she was left alone, and that's all it took. Remember when I said Max was half my world? Well, Angel completed the other half." I miss her so much.
"She'd go with Max and I to almost all of our dates, she was and is loved by both of us. I miss her so much, and not knowing where she is, kills me more than my situation with Max." I didn't just say that did I? Everyone gasps though, so I must have.
"But the reason is, I know where Max is, not when she'll wake up, but knowing when she does I will be there to help her, it gives me great comfort." It does, really it does.
"With Angel, I don't even know whether she has a shelter over her head. If she made a name for herself, if she's eating enough, who her first boyfriend was, nothing." Am I gonna say it?
"I don't even know whether she's still alive." I stand there in silence, tears falling from my eyes more than when speaking about Max.
"I have a future, a life, a new girlfriend, Lissa Scott, who is also graduating." Even though I don't like her that much, but she's better than nothing. Remember that cop that Gazzy liked after Angel ran away? Yeah it's her daughter we've been dating since August.
I also emphasized on the word life, looking right at Dr. M who is here for Iggy. I haven't talked to her or returned her hundreds of calls, three everyday since last year at the hospital.
"I have a mission in life, to make the world safer, and to one day have both parts of my world back and fully operational." I do, I really do.
"The entire point of this speech is mainly to say, just because shit happens in life, terrible, terrible shit, you can still do something with it." I did, so ha.
"I've been able to adjust to my situation, and have a life. Just plan for it to happen one day, not as you walk off this stage, not at ten tonight, but one day for it to just be able to come back. Have a nice life everyone."
Walking off stage to the clapping and cheers makes me feel amazing.
Until that woman I saw in the white dress started walking up the steps, and begins to speak, "that was amazing. The Fang I knew four years ago would never be able to do that."
I know that voice, I could never forget it! "Angel!" I shout, well actually scream. I bolt the rest of the way across the stage.
If she hadn't been running towards me as well, and met ten feet from the steps, we would've gone tumbling, because I tried to give her a hug, but ended up tackling her.
"I told you I'd see you in four years." She whispers as we get up, the audience is going crazy, and I see my entire family running towards the stage, Gazzy leading the pack, buy about twenty feet.
"I missed you so much, Angel!" I say before Gazzy tackles her for the second time in less than two minutes.
Gazzy is literally sobbing with happy tears, mom and dad are standing near the steps, holding each other, dad is crying, mom is sober faced. Nudge and Iggy are shocked, no tears, no smile, nothing.
As we all walk off the stage, I remember the child and that man. I grab Angel as soon as we get off the steps. "Why did you have a kid with you, and who is that man?"
"I'll explain later, Fang, calm down and finish your graduation ceremony." She pulls her arm away and walks, so I go to my seat, very unhappy with her response.
If I find out that kid is hers, and that guy is the father, he's going to regret every even taking his first breath.
"So, with that happy ending to a very amazing day, graduates, please stand and do your thing!" At that, we all throw our caps into the air, then try very hard to find the one with your name written in it.
I find my cap, and Iggy's cap, but they're being held by a very... poorly dressed red head. "Give me them Lissa." I reach for them but she pulls them away.
"Now, what fun would that be Mr. Fangy, I would never give anything up that easy." She says in a very fake southern accent.
"Ha, Lissa, you're so funny! You give everything up easy!" Claims a jock who wiggles his eyebrows suggestively.
"Corey! That is not funny! Fang, tell him it's not funny!" Damn, her voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
"I think he was speaking the truth, and it was pretty damn funny to me!" I say that with a smile on my face.
"Ugh! Corey you need to seriously shut. Yo. Mouth. Mmmmhm." Iggy says in only a way he can without seeming completely stupid. All Corey does is high-five him and walk away smiling.
"Fangy, we really need to have a talk about this, you can keep acting like a wuss when guys talk to me. I'm irresistible, and you'll lose me if you don't step up." Did I say I hate her voice yet?
I yank the caps away, and lead Iggy to the family, who are surrounding Angel. I look around, but don't see the man or the child.
I hear Lissa calling my name, but I ignore it, I mean can the girl get any more annoying?
"Fang? Fangy! Fang, are you coming tonight? You still haven't answered me!" She whines on and on and on. I'm done with this crap, ugh.
"Iggy, just keep going straight, no one should run into you until you get to them, they're only twenty feet away." I'm gonna really do it, gonna break up with her, I can feel it.
I turn to face Lissa now, "are you really that self-absorbed, Lissa? I've told you for months I'm going to see Max, I always see her today." Right as I'm about to say those break up words... she does it.
She starts to pout, and walks over towards me, puts her arms around my waist, head on my shoulder... well as best as she can, more like my chest, and starts her fake crying.
"B-bu-but, Fangy, I-I-I-I just wanna sp-sp-spend ti-time with yo-you. I-I-I didn't wa-want to hu-hurt you, I-I-I lo-lov-." And I smack my hand across her mouth, she can't say that, no one can.
"Fine, Lissa, depending on the time I leave the hospital, I may come to the party. Remember I said 'may' it's not a definite answer, so don't yell at me if I don't." My version of 'may' when it comes to Lissa is 'I won't come, but if I say possibly you'll leave me alone.'
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So, how waaaaaaas it? Was it amazing? A bit too much? Let me know in a review! Bye!