Morning: Every senior’s worst
enemy. You’re overcome by the drowsiness of staying up late binge watching some
show on Netflix instead of doing homework. You need a good pick-me-up song for
this time of day, so you turn on “Livin’ On A Prayer” by Bon Jovi. Nothing helps you stay
awake for (what feels like) another pointless day of school more than a classic
rock song. Now you’re ready to take on all the excitement that comes with your last
few weeks of high school.
After leaving the comfort of your own bed, you must shovel
your school supplies into your backpack to get ready for the joys of learning.
Time is slowly crawling to the freedoms after senior graduation one school day
at a time. For over a decade, your parents have dragged you to school hoping to
inject some useful knowledge into your head before they send you off into the
real world.
Once you arrive at school, all the quizzes and tests you
have that day suddenly come to your attention. You know that the last minute
studying is being done in vain, but you continue anyway out of pure
desperation. For some reason you can’t get Twenty One Pilots’ “Stressed
Out” out of your head as you regret watching so many
episodes of Jane the Virgin last night instead of studying for the government
test you are about to fail.
The excitement begins to pick up with the pep rally quickly
approaching. The plain lunch you bought at the cafeteria or brought from home
just doesn’t cut it in terms of providing the hype associated with your
school’s pep rallies. You are able to sneak past Delgado during fifth period to
get Chick-Fil-A. Ah, much better than anything you could have packed yourself. You
jam out in the car with Ellie and Paige to various songs from the High School Musical movie. You’ll miss times like this when you are up
later studying in the library at the University of Florida.
It’s time for the pep rally where all of your friends are
screaming their heads off as “Crazy Frog” plays on the stereo. You think that
the pep rallies are kind of lame but your friends make it fun for you any way.
An awkward game of musical chairs is played and you actually participate in a
game as well, this is when you make a half court shot. The crowd is clapping and screaming for you,
and your cheeks turn bright red. You only really like being the center of attention
when you’re trying to make jokes in class.
After exchanging goodbyes with everyone, you go back home to
the same coziness of your bed you departed from earlier that morning. Crawling
back in bed, you wonder why you ever decided to leave this wonderful safe haven
that has been there for you. Vaguely imagining a future away from home and your
beloved bed, you drift off into a deep sleep after all the excitement of the
day. The song “I Lived” by One Republic
is lingering in the back of your mind because as much as you want to leave home
and gain unlimited freedom, you know that you’re going to miss the amazing life
you have now with your friends at Lake Mary Prep.
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