I stood quietly behind the curtain in the gym, waiting for my name to be called. Today was graduation and Danny, Tuck and I were graduating. I sighed again and threw back the curtain.
"Sam, the ceremony isn't going to speed up if you keep on looking out there." Danny said
"I just wanna get the hell outta here already! Four years was enough!"
"True." Tucker said, leaning against the wall "But we all have to wait."
"Yeah, they're only on, what? 'E'?"
"Daniel Fenton!" we heard from the podium outside
"You're up, dude." Tucker hit him on the back
"Good luck," I said, giving him a hug
"Thanks," he said with a smile
We heard him talking faintly. Then there was applause. Mostly from his dad. Everyone backstage was laughing, including me and Tuck.
After a few more names were called, it was Tuck's turn to graduate. I gave him a quick hug and he went onstage. As he talked, heard some of the people in the crowd and some of the students stiffling a laugh. I rolled my eyes.
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An hour went by and it still wasn't my turn. I was really anxious because I wanted to get to the afterparty quickly. Everyone else was busily chatting away with their friends, awaiting their turns too. I couldn't stand it. Almost everyone I hated all in one area.
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Finally, after about a half-hour later, they finally announced my name. I literally ran to the podium to make my speech. After this moment, it's smooth sailing. I looked out into the crowd. Hundreds of people were watching me, waiting for me to mess up. I opened my mouth to speak. No words came out. I had practiced this for weeks! Months even! Why am I so afraid? I heard a small giggle from someone. I looked around. Paulina, that shallow little bitch, was laughing at me. Anger rushed inside of me. My face turned beet-red in embarrassment. Then more people started to laugh. Soon, most of the crowd was laughing at me. I started to cry as I ran off the stage into the parking lot where Danny and Tucker were. I ran to my car and jumped in. Danny came running over to me, seeing that I was sobbing my eyes out. "Sam? What happened?" he said, concerned
"Paulina was born," I yelled at him and drove off
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An hour later, I realized that Danny didn't do anything wrong. It was that slutty bitch, Paulina. I turned around and drove back to the school. But it was too late. Danny and Tuck had already left for the afterparty at the Hilton. I drove there as fast as I could.
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When I got there, I immediately saw Danny on a lounge chair with a bottle in his hand. I ran over to him. "Danny—" I started
He cut me off by putting a finger on my mouth. "It's alright," he slurred, "sit down."
So I did. "I'm sorry I snapped at you. Paulina just made me angry, that's all. Forgive me?"
He smirked. "Yeah, but come with me." We stood up and her took my hand. He ran with me into the ballroom where everyone was dancing and having a good time. Tucker was busy dancing with his girlfriend, Jenna. Danny also started to dance and I followed him. After a while, someone yelled out that someone had brought jello shots. Most of the kids ran over to the food table and were grabbing something. Danny went over there too. He brought back a red drink and a bottle. He gave the red drink to me. I didn't refuse it. I gulped it down quickly. It was good. So I ran back to the table and grabbed three more, and drank them as I grabbed them. Then my head started to hurt. So I drank something that I thought was Sprite. Now it was worse. It was a wine cooler. I felt really sick. I went over to Danny and told him that I was gonna go home. He nodded. As I walked towards the door of the ballroom, I felt really sick. So sick that I started to throw up on myself. All over my new little black dress that I had bought for graduation. I ran into the bathroom to try and get the stain out, but the room was already crowded. At least thirty girls were in there, smoking up a storm. The room was so smoky I couldn't even see. I ran out quickly.
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At about ten, I was really out of it. I had tried to get the stain out but had no luck. So I threw it in a bag in my trunk and changed into my ripped jeans and my black skull tube top. I went back inside and Danny immediately found me. He was so drunk. I could tell, even though I was really wasted too. This was so unlike him. At all of our other highschool parties, he never accepted alcohol. I guess he would tonight, since it was graduation. He grabbed two more bottles and gave one to me. I didn't want to make him angry so I gulped it down. I felt really woozy after that last sip. All of a sudden, Danny threw his arm around my waist and kissed me. I shouldn't have let him, even though I liked him. "Danny," I started, "stop." He let go.
"Aw, c'mon Sam, have a little fun once in a while, will ya?" he slurred
"Danny," I said, grabbing his wrist, "I'm taking you home." We started to walk off.
"You can't drive. You're wasted."
I hate it when he's right.
"We'll take a cab."
He pulled his wrist away. "Do what you want, I'm staying," he continued
I groaned. "Danny, please!"
"I told you! I'm staying!" he slurred loudly
"Danny, I'm only doing this because I care about you! I don't wanna see you hurt!"
"Sam, I—" he started
"Don't." I put my hand to my forehead.
Danny put his arm around my shoulders and kissed my cheek lightly.
"I—" I started
Then everything went black.