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Chapter 29:

The other 6B girls certainly did not believe what the trio told them. They gave the trio unbelievable looks, as their jaws dropped and eyes widened. Though after time, the other 6B girls got over it, and the bond between Lindsay and 6B was yet again strengthened.

After that faithful day, time flew extremely quickly. The 6B girls attended the Connect 3's Concert a week later and certainly enjoyed themselves. Mitchie, Caitlyn and Ella got to see their significant other one last time before the boys carried on with their tour and the girls won't see them till summer.

2 week later, half term rolled in. It was a touch and go event. Family could come to Alfea College and visit their daughters for the whole day; there were no classes on that day. Most of 6B's parents took the time to make the trip; it was after all, the girls last year at Alfea. Mitchie, Caitlyn and Ella spent the day just catching up with their families at Max's Café. It was certainly very memorable.

All of the sixth formers got the oppotunately to perform on that evening, as a way to close half term. Mitchie performed a song, Friend of Mine, of course, remixed by Caitlyn. Ella joined up with a 6A student to present a duet. Even Jenna, Malory, Tori and Lani acted out a skit, which earned a rousing applause at the end. Other sixth formers read poems or just talked about their years at Alfea. It was very well received and all of the audience loved it. For the last act, all of the sixth formers gathered and sung the school song with pride and joy….

That day having passed, it was time for all of the Alfea students to focus and start studying for their midterm exams, which was 3 weeks away. Teachers started giving practices for the girls and most of them were very busy. All Alfea students barely even have the time to take much of a break between classes.

Exams at Alfea were unique, different from most boarding schools. They had written exams of course, which was 75% of their totally midterm results. The other 25% was based on their special talent, where they could do whatever they wanted to earn that mark. They could group up too! Some sang, others danced or played an instrument. That part was the easiest to score, hence Alfea before the exam commenced was filled with music, melodious singing and loads of laughter.

Mitchie was singing of course, she had put a lot of thought into it, and decided to sing her long time favorite song, Who Will I Be. She practiced extremely hard for it, and the 6B girls claimed that she would wow the examiner's socks off. Caitlyn and Ella teamed up with a few members of 6B to perform a dance.

The Common Room was always messy in the afternoon, as papers were strewed all over the place and most of 6B studied together. The library and study corners usually packed, the girls still loved to take refuge at the Common Room to revise. Mitchie, Caitlyn and Ella still preferred their dorm room at times, especially Mitchie. She revised and studied extremely hard, jolting down notes for every subject.

The days drew near, and soon, the exams were going to begin in 24 hours. Their first paper was English and everyone did last minute revision on the topics taught the night before, praying that whatever they knew came out.

The Next Day…..

"Alright class, you've got two hours and ten minutes to complete this piece of essay writing as well as your main English paper. Good luck everybody. You may begin."

The exam scripts were turned opened and pens flew over the papers. Mitchie finished the main paper quickly, and moved on to the essay writing. The Essay writing topic was 'My Mother.' Mitchie bit her lower lip, unsure of how to write about her mother. It was not that she didn't want to; it was just that she didn't know where to begin writing about her, there were so many moments they shared that she lost count of them. Mitchie sighed to herself, picked up her pen and started to write the first thing she could think of, her mother's face pictured in her mind.

. My Mother.

Sun-tanned skin, bright sparkling eyes, wavy dark hair always neatly combed, that is my mother, Connie Torres. She is my role model, the one which I could turn to when I had problems I can't imagine how I would be right now if my mother wasn't with me. I could recall the time when I was seven; my father was on a business trip. It was nearing my bedtime and the sky above was full of tumultuous, dark ragged clouds. Thunder came marching from far away. The wind was howling wildly and soon, it began to rain cats and dogs…

Once Mitchie started to write, there was no stopping to it. Her feelings were scribbled onto the paper as sentences and paragraphs formed. When Mitchie was done, she had a 2 ½ pages of essay to hand up, and her fingers were aching from all that writing. She immediately skimmed through her script. After she corrected a few grammar errors and changed answers, she was satisfied with her writing…

"And time is up, pens down please." The invigilator called out to the class. Just on time. Mitchie thought, sighing with relief. The invigilator collected the papers and after counting them, announced to the class.

"Alright 6A and 6B, you have your History paper at 14 00 hours; please be back in this classroom 10 minutes before the paper begins. You may take your leave now."

"How was the paper Mitchie?" Lindsay, whom sat in front of Mitchie, inquired. (Alphabetical order of names.) Mitchie shrugged. "It was alright. What did you put for question 5?" Lindsay thought for a moment before replying. "I think I answered a 'c'." Mitchie smiled at her friend and heaved a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness. That question was rather tricky."

No sooner, it was the girls' final paper for the term. After their Science paper, it would be their so called '25% Talent Paper', in the afternoon.

"I am so going to fail my science paper. The questions were super difficult!" Jenna exclaimed as the 6B students sat down at their lunch table for lunch. "Ditto!" Some others chorused. "I already minus off 5 marks!" Valerie moaned. It was true, the paper this year, was rather challenging.

"Enough about the science paper, what is done, is done. What can we do about it?" Caitlyn stated. "Are you guys excited for this afternoon's paper? After that, we will be done with exams for this term!" Ella said, skillfully changing the subject.

"At least we now know roughly how well we have to do for this extra talent thing to score at least an A." Wilma agreed.

"Whatever it is, I think I will still practice one last time before the test. Besides, 6A is taking it 1st." Mitchie said, looking rather worried. She wanted to score well in this exam, wanted to make not only just her parents, but herself proud.

"Mitchie…." Felicity groaned. "We heard you sing yesterday. You are great girl, don't worry. It is true... you will do a good job!"

"Yeah Mitchie, take a break."Gaby told her friend.

"I still think I'll run it over once more, just in case." Mitchie murmured, push back her chair and headed out of the cafeteria. Caitlyn and Ella followed her, deciding to help Mitchie. She was always very nervous before this exam.

A few hours later:

"We did it!"

"No more exams!"

"Or cramming sessions."

"Or difficult equations and definitions to remember!"

"TIME TO ENJOY!"

The Common Room erupted in cheers and claps and shouts of delight. At long last, they were done with the exams. Everyone was as happy as a lark and their lips curled up blissfully. The 6B girls could hear members of 6A rejoicing as well. Everyone was in high spirits and they danced around.

After that, they all plopped down onto the carpet floor, determined not to even think about their exam results yet. "So, what shall we do now that we are free?" Alyssa inquired. The 20 girls exchanged looks and screamed in unison. "MOVIE!"

There was a rap at the door and Lindsay poked her head in, grinning. "Did we hear movie?" She questioned.

"Mind if we 6A join you?" Hilary added, entering the common room, a smile on her face.

"No problem! Pick a movie!"

The 40 girls enjoyed an afternoon of movie screening and gossiping.

3 weeks later, all the scripts were marked and checked. All the 6B students did extremely well in their subjects, mostly A's on the top of their scripts. They were satisfied with their results and were still talking about it during form class period.

Miss Jenks entered the classroom. After they greeted one another, Miss Jenks picked up a sheet of paper from her pile of scripts.

"Your ranking for this term has arrived."

Just that sentence set everyone off, murmurs arose. Once they had all quieten down, Miss Jenks cleared her throat.

"I am pleased to announce that all of you have either an overall grade of A's or A+. None of you gotten a B!" Squeals erupted as girls exchanged looks. "1st in this class, with an overall grade of a high A+, Hilary!" Miss Jenks casted a very contended look at the girl. Everyone applauded for their head girl, facing her. It was expected that Hilary would be top; she was excellent in school work. Hilary blushed ten shades of crimson and smiled shyly.

"2nd in this class, just ½ mark below Hilary, we have Mitchie!"

6B cheered extremely loudly and either patted Mitchie on her back or hugged her, congratulating her on that achievement. Despite the amount of drama she had endured this term, she still studied tremendously hard and totally deserved it. Mitchie was momentary stunned by this announcement. She couldn't believe it. Her? 2nd place?

After the shock had worn off, a wide grin appeared on her face as she beamed joyfully. She had done it. She had made herself proud of her own achievement.

Miss Jenks continued reading from the list. Caitlyn and Ella were tied at 5th place and Lindsay was the 8th. Although Jenna was near to the bottom, she wasn't really that upset, seeing that she was only around 12 marks below Mitchie; their marks were all very close. Instead, Jenna had said jokingly. "Someone has to be at the bottom!" This earn a round of laughter. Mitchie looked around her. She was certainly going to miss this place when her time to graduate come in 6 months…..

"I can't believe we will be graduating tomorrow!" Alexia exclaimed.

Months had passed quickly; summer holidays flew past like a speeding train. The girls' final term was very short and it soon was nearly time for them to graduate and leave Alfea College as young, matured ladies. There were many things that happened during their final term of course, but that was another story.

"I know. It seemed only yesterday when we first entered Alfea College." Priya sighed contentedly.

"I am sure going to miss this place…." Ella murmured.

"We can still come back as alumni…." Ella brighten up a little upon hearing that statement.

"I can't believe we never talked about what we want to do after college." Darrell exclaimed out of the blue.

Following Darrell's statement, everyone racked their brains but could not think of a time they talked about that subject.

"Okay so spill people! What do you want to do?"

One by one, they told one another what they wanted to pursue. Most of them decided to continue their studies in the university. Some wanted to become teachers. But it was Mitchie's answer that shocked everyone.

"I want to be a songwriter and a part time florist."

"Why Mitchie? We thought you would be a professional singer or something."

Mitchie shrugged. "I guess I had too much fame for my liking, thanks to Shane. I have been thinking, I want a more reserved and quiet life of my own for now. I'll still be doing something that I like, writing songs that is. But I also want to try something new. And the florist that came to make an assembly talk this term really inspired me to you know, take on a new challenge. I don't mind it at all, being a florist sounds fun and exciting."

Most of them were pleased and proud of Mitchie for being so brave.

"Is Shane okay with this?" Caitlyn asked.

"He told me he could support me for years with the amount he is making." Mitchie laughed. "But I don't want to rely on him too much."

"Well….." Jenna raised her glass filled with hot chocolate. "I propose a toast! To old friendships and new beginnings!"

"To old friendship and new beginnings!" Everyone agreed.

The next day:

"…Us sixth formers had gone through a lot this past 11 months of our last year. New friends are made, breakups, make- ups…. But we still managed to overcome them, with the help of our true friends, loving teachers and family. We thank them for giving them all the support over the past 6 years in Alfea. Alfea has changed us, and we will forever remember what she has done for us… We will be best friends for life. Alfea-ian's bond is strong, now and forever. No matter how far apart we are, nothing will change that. Once a Alfea girl, ALWAYS an Alfea girl. Thank you."

Hilary finished her speech and bowed. The crowd whopped and cheered as the many sixth former girls rose from their seats and too clapped for their head girl. Mitchie smiled to herself, spotting her family, fiancé and friends among the crowd of people. She had made every day of her life in Alfea last to the fullest, and it was time to embrace the future, and let go, of the past.

Strangely, in her heart, she was okay with it. For she knew, she had her friends, family and fiancé behind her, supporting her in whatever she did. And no one will be able to change that. All the students in graduation robes threw their caps in the air, as the song "Friends Forever' was played over the speakers. But all of them were louder than the song, as they chanted in unison for the last time. "ALFEA-IANS FORVER!"

"And best friends for life."Mitchie whispered to herself, smiling at her 6B mates, Lindsay and everyone else. She was happy, and that was all that mattered for now. No distance can change the stong bond she shared with her Alfea friends, and no one could take it from her or change that fact either. She smiled.

"As we go on, we remember

All the times we, had together.

And as our lives change

Come whatever

We will still be

Friends Forever."

(Friends Forever, Vitamin C.)

The End.

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