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Dance - 48

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Revenie's POV

It's our graduation day. I can't believe that we are leaving each other, to study college. There's a part of me that is happy, but there is also a part of it that is sad. Happy to finally achieve our dream to graduate together. Sad because we won't be seeing each other everyday.

Naka-upo na ako sa assigned chair para sa 'min. Of course, magkatabi kaming apat for we belong to the Special Class. Maraming guest speaker at nag-speech rin ang Valedictorian namin--- na si Denaery.

"My fellow students, we only arrived here four short years ago, and now it's already time to leave. How did it all go so fast? It seems like only yesterday that we were skinny little freshmen fighting with the locks on our lockers, trying to figure out where our next class was, and looking generally clueless to all the upper classmen. Now we are the upperclassmen, the seniors who stand here ready to graduate and move forward in the world. Yet at this seminal moment, we can't help looking back."

Nagsisimula na siyang ma-iyak sa mga pinagsasabi niya. Kami naman ay naka-ngiti lang na tinitingnan siya sa stage. We've been so proud of her for doing so well. I know her parents are proud too, lalo na ang kuya Demenieson niya.

"How do we measure the time we've spent in high school? In the beginning, we measured it in class periods, counting down the day to eventual freedom. As the days and weeks passed, we measured it in semesters, and later in years as we moved from being those clueless freshmen, to becoming sophisticated sophomores who thought they had it all figured out. By the time we reached our junior year, we were confident that we were prepared to take over for the graduating seniors, and we couldn't wait to rule the school. And now here we stand. Our rule is over, and it's up to the next class to step into our shoes and take over. I know that as I look out at all of you, I will measure my time here in a much different way. I will measure it in all the friendships I've enjoyed these last four years. Some were pretty casual and others were much closer, but I'll remember each one fondly, as I'm sure you all will, too. And when many of our high school memories begin to fade, that's how we'll ultimately measure the time we spent here, not in periods or semesters or years, but in the friendships that we made and the times we shared together."

Halos kaming lahat ngayon ay nag-iiyakan na. Hindi nga namin lubos maisip na sa apat na taon na magkakasama kami, ay ngayon maghihiwalay na. Maybe we won't be seeing each other lately, but our friendship will never fade.

"Smile fellow graduates and congratulation to all of us!" Nagsitayuan ang lahat at nagpalakpakan.

Pagka-baba ni Den ay nagyakapan kaming apat at pinahid ang luha ng isa't-isa. I couldn't imagine my life without this three crazy girls! I'm sure I would damn miss them!

Sumunod nito ang pagkanta sa huling pagkakataon ng aming school hymn. Noon sinasabi nami na nagsasawa na kami sa paulit-ulit na pagkanta nito, pero ngayon, gusto ko itong ulit-ulitin.

Walang tigil ang pagbuhos ng mga luha namin, parati naming niyayakap ang isa't-isa. Halos hindi na nga namin papakawalan ang isa-t-isa.

"Graduate na tayo!" Napatingin kami kina Bran na pumunta sa side namin.

"Group hug!" Sigaw ni Blue at nagulat namamn kaming lahat sa kanya.

Bigla na yata siyang sumigla? Well, I don't care. Basta masaya kaming lahat!

Isinali namin sila sa group hug at nagtawanan kaming lahat.

Iisa lang lahat ang celebration namin. We decided that we will celebrate our graduation party together. Nagpahintulot na rin kami sa aming mga magulang na mag-oovernight kami. Tapos kinabukasan ay mag-oouting.