The Only Girl In The World

Chapter Thirty-Eight

“I made it.” I said softly to myself as I stared at my reflection in the mirror.

Today was grad day.

I was dressed in an off-shoulder, black, body hug mermaid gown, it wasn’t tight, just stretchy so I wouldn’t have trouble breathing. My braids were pulled into a high ponytail, I had a bit of a light makeup on too. Silvery dangling earrings, matching bracelet and a purse, I was ready.

Aella, Becca and I had gotten ready together and they just left to meet their dates downstairs. Aella and Jake had been dating secretly under all our noses. They eventually told us and apologized for keeping it a secret, they didn’t want their friendship to get ruined if it didn’t work out.

Becca was with a guy from outside the school, they were neighbors. He was a really nice guy and I trusted him to take care of her and not break her heart.

I knew Christian was waiting for me downstairs and I would be going down any second now to meet him. Holding the necklace I had on my neck, the one that I hadn’t taken off in months and the one that Christian gave to me on my birthday. I smiled slightly as I stared at the initials on the necklace ‘K + K, 4ever’.

Slipping on my converse, I made my way downstairs. I wasn’t crazy to put on heels when I could barely walk on my own without support, at least my gown flowed all the way to the floor so no one would notice.

Rick was waiting for me at the end of the stairs, Christian at the door side.

“I’m so proud of you Kaylee.” Rick kissed the side of my head as I stepped down the last step.

“Thank you.” I smiled at him as he held my hand to steady me.

“You’ll be ok right?” he asked, concern laced in his voice.

“I’ll be fine besides I have Christian.” I turned my attention to the amazing work of art I could proudly call my boyfriend waiting for me at the door.

He was dressed in a nice black tuxedo and he had a little bouquet of purple roses.

“You look….” Christian spoke up taking in my appearance. “Absolutely breath-taking.”

“Thank you.” I flushed pecking his lips. “You don’t look so bad yourself.”

“These are for you.” He said handing me the roses.

“They’re pretty.” I said taking them. “My favorite color too.”

“Shall we?” he stretched out his hands towards mine.

“We shall.” I laughed placing my hands in his.

“Now we’re calling on Christian Anderson to give his speech on the topic ‘Life’.” The principal announced.

Christian stood up from the seat next to me and went up the podium as everyone clapped.

I had heard his presentation before, I even made him give me a copy of it, but I wanted to hear it all again. We were meant to be partners for the project before all that drama happened and we split up, I ended up forgetting about it and doing a rush essay at the last minute. His however, I could tell he did it over a long period of time, I could tell he put a lot of effort into it and I could tell he really meant it.

“Life.” He began. “I had never really thought about it until I lost two of the persons I loved most. My father and my little sister. I had never thought about how precious life was, how fragile it was and how it could be put off like a flame of a candle in just seconds. And in that period where I was grieving their loss, I couldn’t find the joy in my life anymore. I wondered why it had to be them and not me. I found myself slowly drifting into the darkness, I found myself longing for death. It was like suddenly, everything was meaningless and I was just a lifeless person walking on the face of earth longing for a sign. A sign that I was still alive, a sign that I was still there. I felt empty and lifeless. Even when I would try to take my mind off it, try and convince myself that I was happy and that everything would be ok, I always come back to the darkness that seemed to surround me.

That was till I met her.”

My heart skipped a beat as his eyes landed directly on mine.

“She was what I had been desperately looking for, she was the sign. The sign I was still there, breathing and full of life. So what is life to me? Life is your past, your present and your future. She is my past, she is my present and my future. She is my everything therefore she is my life. I only have one life, and I want to live it with her. When there is life, there is love.”

The audience erupted into cheers and applause, I clapped all the while beaming at him. In that room filled with hundreds of people, he only had his eyes on me.

“Have I told you how much I loved you?” I asked as he came back to his seat. “Because I really really really love you.”

“I love you more.” He said placing his hands around me so I could lean on him as the ceremony went on.

The rest of the graduation ceremony went in a blur and soon everyone was outside throwing their caps up as we all smiled for the camera.

“We did it!” Christian exclaimed as he hugged me lifting me up and twirling me around slightly.

“Finally!” I laughed as he dropped me. “I never thought I would get to see this day.”

And it was true, I knew I couldn’t go off to college, graduate from it, chase my dreams, start a family and the likes of it, but I was glad I could at least graduate from high school.

“Sorry to interrupt.” We heard someone say.

Turning to look at the person, I rose my eye brow in confusion when I saw it was Bella.

“Can I talk to you?” She asked looking directly at me. “Alone.”

Christian looked at me and I nodded. “It’s fine, go meet the others, I’ll be there soon.”

Placing one more kiss on my lips, he left leaving the both of us alone.

I leaned slightly on the table next to us for a little support feeling a bit weak already, right now all I wanted to do was to go back to the comfort of my bed but I was curious about what she wanted.

Bella stood there not saying anything as she just stared at me, an unreadable expression on her face.

“I heard.” She finally spoke after like 3 minutes of silence. “My sister told me.”

I just nodded, what exactly her sister told her, I didn’t know but I assumed she told her I now had an expiry date. I’m sure she and Mel would be happy, Mel thankfully stuck to glaring at me from the sides knowing she had lost the stupid battle she dragged me into.

“Look…I know I’m not a good person Kaylee, I was horrible to you those years.” She started. “You did nothing to me…I took out my pain, anger and hatred on you….I’m sorry…”

I stared at her in shock, I could barely keep my jaw from falling open in shock.

She rolled her eyes at my expression. “Yes, I’m sorry. I said it. I’m trying my best…to be a better person. I’m not going to be the nicest person in the world all of a sudden…but I want to start from somewhere.”

“It’s Ok.” I said after a while. I didn’t really know what I meant to say. “It’s all in the past.”

“Yeah…” she nodded. “See you around?

“Maybe.” I gave her a small smile which she returned before she left and I made my way back to the others.

We would likely never meet again, but its fine. We ended on good terms.
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