Stoneybrook Ayr

That's it, they've GRADUATED!

The students sat in their seats, playing with their navy and white caps and gowns. Some turned to wave to friends and family, some whispered with classmates sitting near them, and some slouched in their chairs, ready for the ceremony to start.

It had taken four years, some felt like the time had passed in no time at all, others felt it had dragged out forever. All the winter lodge trips, boy toy auctions, homecomings, proms, dances, parties. The trips to Disney World, California, Australia. The hook ups, the break ups, the scandals. This class had been through a lot together, and this was it. The end. Graduation.

Darcy was bored. Incredibly bored. Listlessly, she picked up her cell phone that lay on her bed next to her and she sent Sheila a text.

sheils come overrrr, kk? booooooooreddddd.

Andi was excited to bring over the cheerleaders. It had been a while, and she had missed seeing her friends every day. Her grandmother had been reluctant to let her bring the crowd over on her birthday, because 'On birthdays seventeen year olds get drunk'. Andi sighed inwardly. She appreciated that she had somebody who cared about her but she didn't want to be smothered like this. Rosa had finally agreed to let Allen-Marie chaperone, and thus Andi had finally let her hair down. She'd arranged for a friend of her sister's to get some beer and wine, and she was ready. Now she was just waiting for her friends to arrive.

To: All the cheerleaders at SHS
Subject: Andi's birthday

Do you want to come over tomorrow and have icecream or carrots? Feel free to smuggle in alcohol BUT IT HAS TO BE CONCEALED. You have all been to my house, you know the rules. RSVP here ASAP. Sorry so last minute, it legit took me two weeks to convince the nazi.

Xoxo Andi Noelle

Darcy realized she still hadn't talked to RJ about Robert.  She wasn't really sure what to say, exactly.  Not to mention she didn't know the whole Penny story and if there was anything going on between them.  Deciding to just bite the bullet, she borrowed her brother's car and drove over to RJ's house.

"Pssst!  RJ!" she yelled into his bedroom window.

Andi was playing with her cellphone, taking pouty lip pictures and sending them to boys for fun. She was bored. It was a Saturday morning and she knew waking Sheila would be suicide, but she really wanted to talk to somebody. She went through her contacts. Hate him. She hates me. Ugh no. Cheerleader, she decided. She was worried about not making Varsity; she'd probably commit suicide if she didn't. Skating was important but cheerleader was her complete identity.

Darcy.

She dialled the number. She and Darcy weren't close like her and Sheila, or her and Penny, but she liked the co cheerleader alot.

"Darcy? It's Andi!"

RJ had felt like Pizza. He tried not to go to Pizza Express too much, because he didn't want Darcy to think he wasn't over her. Thinking about Darcy had given him an idea though, and he texted a few people to come to Pizza Express, telling them to text the others. It was time for a good old fashioned Pizza Express get together.

It had been a few days since the party, the one that had seen her heart torn out and stomped on by Marty, and Sheila had spent all weekend in bed. If anyone knew how she felt, it was Casey, Sheila had decided after making her way through three seasons of Greek. The only difference was, Cappie was awesome and Marty sucked.

Sheila still couldn't believe she'd actually told him she was in love with him. She wasn't that kind of girl. Even when she'd dated Austin and Jacques she'd never told them she was in love with them. Not even when she'd dated Marty. And this was why, because telling a guy you're in love with him, and having him not say it back was pretty much the worst feeling in the history of the world.

Let the Junior Prom of 2012 begin!

Robert didn't know why he'd left asking Darcy so late... It was only when Sheila approached him and reminded him Prom was in a few days, that he realised he'd better get his butt into gear. Chances were she'd already been asked. He spotted Darcy walking across the cafeteria, and called out to her, before jogging toward her.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" He asked, flashing her a smile.