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.

It was right before lunch at Stoneybrook High School and like always, Mary Anne went to the restroom before she headed to the cafeteria to eat. And like always, Kristy was with her. It was their thing. They seemed to always head straight there after class.

Mary Anne opened the door for them and heard it close behind them with a small thud as they entered. Pulling her strawberry smuckers lip gloss from her purse, she applied some in the mirror. Then she smoothed out her hair a little. It always seemed to get a little mussed by the time she got to lunch. It was the natural wave she had in it.

"So," she started carefully, taking a sidelong glance at Kristy through the mirror, "are you looking forward to the trip?" Mary Anne was treading on it with a grain of salt. She knew Kristy was probably still frazzled over team captain.

Kristy surveyed the den with satisfaction. Snacks were set up, movies were out, and mattresses were strategically placed. Evereything a group of girls needed for an old fashioned sleep over. She only hoped Stacey and Dawn wouldn't break open the mud masks, or worse, the alcohol. She knew her friends peobably thought she was lame, but she didn't care. Kristy Thomas did things the Kristy Thomas way. She heard the bell ring and grinned.

The first guest was here.

"Honestly, the fact that they consider this to be a meal at all just shows how deluded they are," Kristy said, poking the mac and cheese, which didn't move.

"It's more like regurgitated slugs that have been swimming on some kind of stomach acid," she announced.

"And this bread roll... I bet I could crack Cary's head open with this," she said, smacking it on the table. She saw Sunny walk past and yelled, "yo Sunny! Come eat with us!"

To: Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey, Dawn, Abby, Shannon From: Kristy Subject: BSC Reunion Okay, so maybe not a reunion as such, but humor me, okay? I want us to have a good old fashioned sleep over this weekend, to celebrate being Seniors! This year is just going so fast, and I know we're all busy, but I thought this could be fun. My place on Saturday, okay? Kristy

It went without saying that the combination of the storm and the day spent watching scary movies had made Sunny a little hesitant about going to bed, so she'd been watching funny videos on youtube on her laptop.

When she saw that Kristy was online, she decided to IM her.

sunnydaydream: Hi Kristy, how are you guys doing with the storm and all? Congrats on co-president, btw.

"Claud," Kristy said, as soon as her friend answered the phone, and without even a hello, "are you free?" Kristy had a favour to ask, so she knew she had to be polite.