The Final Hour

Today was the last day of school.

After today, I will never see Stephanie or Shakeah or Mason ever again.

We were told to go to 6th period after most of the day had gone by, and when I walked in I instantly felt very sad, because nothing would ever be like this again. We wouldn't be all in here, as 7th graders. And there would be 4 of us missing.
I sat down and stared straight ahead at nothing for a little while while everyone got the last signings for their yearbooks, and then JD sat down in front of me and began listening to his iPod. He handed me an earbud and when I asked him what the song was he told me "Promise me you'll think of me every time you hear this song, okay?" and made me promise. Of course it was a Drake song.
All through out the song I stared at the ground, listening to it but at the same time not. JD, of course, having memorized the puncutations and beat of the song, made movements with his arms and hands from time to time with the lyrics. When the song suddenly ended, I started crying.
I couldn't stop.
Zach noticed first, and instantly shouted out "JD you made her cry!" and then Matt saw and asked JD "Man, what did you do? She's crying!" which is an amazing thing because I never cry, always bright and happy and loud.
I tried to stop but I couldn't, so JD patted me on the back and tried to smile. "I'm trying to be positive okay?" It made me feel sick inside, almost.
After a little while, Zach started making fun of people and JD began laughing, and I stopped crying. I guess Zach is okay once in a blue moon.
I got up and went over to Stephanie and Rickey and Mikala, and sat with them for a little while as they talked about Stephanie moving away. I gave her a hug, she seemed to need one. Then I went and sat with Cynthia and Andrea.
Cynthia and Andrea were texting and I just leaned against the wall there and closed my eyes, sad but not wanting to cry anymore. When I opened my eyes, JD saw me leaning there and he gave me a hug. Then, my phone started to vibrate as he walked away.
Call from: JD
I looked up at him, and he half smiled, the last time our joke would be fully lived.
He gave Andrea a hug right before we were let out, and she burst into tears. I know how she felt.
When the bell rang, I ran outside and hugged Stephanie one last time. She was crying. I hugged Rickey one last time. And Austin. Waved to Mario. Hugged Tamaia.
I ran down the hallway to where Bianca, Enrique, Joe, JD, Sarah, Cynthia, and a few others were. I hugged Sarah for a while, and cried into her shoulder. I couldn't stop crying. I hugged Bianca and Colby, and then we stood in our circle and laughed and talked until the buses left and everyone left campus. We stayed there until Ms. Little told us to get out.
So we went and stood outside the gate on the grass and watched the guys throw a football. We were out there for a whole hour, just talking on the phone and taking pictures and watching them throw a football back and forth. It felt nice to be like that.
At one point, I was trying to stop crying and JD came up and held me against his chest for a little bit ._. It felt..different. Nice.
Bianca left, and then Matthew. Then JD.
When JD's mom came, she waved to me and Sarah like she always does, and we waved back, but none of us were smiling. JD got in, and we all watched as he shut the door. His mom waved to me again, and JD turned and looked at us and I half smiled, remembering what he told me before about his mom waving to us.
We all watched JD drive away, and then we all gave eachother a hug and left.

Tomorrow I go to the movies with Sarah, JD, Enrique, Bianca, and Colby and then sleep over at Sarah's. I'll have to say goodbye to him then, but he'll be back in August for his birthday. He said so.

Goodnight.