Into The Night

Sixty

My nose wrinkled as I locked my phone and made it spin continuously between my thumb and index finger.

"Right, are you ladies finished now?!" I yelled so I'm sure they've heard it. I looked at my watch and it's already quarter to nine. Most definitely, I've already missed a load of speeches.

"Almost there, baby brother! Wait a sec!" Gemma's muffled yells can be easily heard from a mile away.

"I've been waiting for eons!" I yelled back and sighed.

When they finally came out, as expected with the light make-up yet fancy dresses, they actually look elite and I felt like they're assistant or something.

Yet, I'd never admit that to Gems. Mum, maybe but not Gemma.

"Alright, shall we go, please?" I asked.

And then we headed out. We took a taxi to Hansson with me riding the shotgun. Alright, I haven't felt this antsy in a while. I could barely stay still. I kept playing with my small knife in my fingers and tapping my foot.

"Harry, would you please stop playing with your knife? I don't think it's appropriate for you to take it out in public," mum said and I raised an eyebrow as to why.

And then I took a look at the driver who kept glancing at my hand so, I got it. "Oh, alright." I folded my knife in and put it in my pocket.

Great, what else am I going to have to play with now?

I'm just very excited about seeing them again. After a few months, I really missed them.

I was the first to get off the taxi as I urged for them to hurry up.

"Harry, do you even know where we're going?" Gemma asked as she closed the door behind her. I already paid the driver so they should hurry up a bit.

"Please, I know this place like the back of my hand," I said with confidence. "Now, please hurry up."

Gemma groaned, "I didn't buy you this graduation gift so you could push me around."

I shrugged, "Well, you should have thought of that." I smiled a teasing smile and all she did was roll her eyes, probably wanting for mum to say something because she always does that. But in this instance, mum was letting me slide.

I led them to the wide open grounds where a stage should be set. And I wasn't wrong about the venue, except this isn't what I expected.

Hundreds of people in different seats and clothes, most applauding as names are called. We were already at people with surnames that started with letter "P" which meant I was already done with most of my friends.

My mum, sister, and I all stood at the back where some people are standing as well, probably by the lack of seats. One old man beside me is holding a program and I had to know what the heck is going on so I borrowed it.

I sighed in an exasperated way.

"Why? What's going on?" Gemma asked.

"We missed her speech," I said.

"Sorry, but we did go all the way here," She said and I couldn't hear the remorse over the sounds of time passing by when they were getting prepared. . . but honestly, I don't hold a grudge. I'm just a bit disappointed with myself that I didn't get to hear Taylor's speech.

"Yeah," I whispered. "We did go all the way here."

Minutes passed, the letter "S" is up, I told them I'll just get a good view of Taylor once she goes up the stage so I walked through the waves of people seated around the stage.