Sasuke: Soooo, to celebrate, and in remembrance, we bring you this short story .

Forest: ENJOOOOY! ♥

A loud, shrill scream of joy echoed through the halls of the 3rd floor of building 2 at Lake Worth High School. It was 2:45 pm, May 31st, 2006 and the ‘05-’06 school year was officially over.

That was the most bittersweet moment of my entire life. The last day of my freshman year of high school was a day full of jumbled, contradicting emotions. I was happy, no, ecstatic about school being over. No more classes, no more homework, just the lazy, stress free days of summer. I was saying goodbye to all the drama and turmoil that happened during the past school year.

But I was saying good bye to something more. Something amazing. I was saying goodbye to all the laughter filled days of Mrs. Hagan’s class, Kellie, and Drumil. Saying goodbye to covering myself in blood and whacking Holloway with sticks. Never again would Sarah and I wreak havoc upon Mr. Achberger’s class. Elyse, Devon & I would no longer be able to torment Madame Yakar, or joke about Elyse’s sex life. Gone were the days of goofing off in gym with Sandy, Bobo and John. And no more cracks about Ms. Stokes’s inability to draw or upward slanted writing. No more RENT rock out sessions on the bus with Kellie and Jane. And Kellie and Sarah wouldn’t be able to torment Johnny with the Banana Phone song anymore. Kellie wasn’t coming back. Even lunch would be the same.

Yes, I was leaving behind so much, so of it happy and joyful, some of it painful and sad, and yes I knew, that, eventually, all these memories would fade a little. These thoughts saddened me. But somehow I knew that though I may be leaving behind happy times, I’ll have next year. Next year we’ll create more memories, we’ll laugh harder and smile wider. We wouldn’t lose touch over the summer. My freshman year was on of the best and most influential of my life, and I’ll never forget it. But for now, I’ll look forward and smile about tomorrow.