It was magical. If you had been there at that moment, in that classroom, you would have felt it too. There was something there...something powerful. Something pure. Or maybe it was just me...

But it's not something that you could fake...the feeling. I didn't even know half the people there. All I had to go on was the color of their IDs...but even then- categorizing them as freshmen, sophomores, juniors...it didn't seem like it should matter. It shouldn't have..even though, in a way, it had all year. There had been a wall.

Now, it just didn't matter. We played games, we ran around the classroom, we laughed. We hugged. A lot. (Huggie Bear is definitely the most brutal hug game I've ever played) We ate. And ate. And ate. I have no idea how we managed to procure so much food when I know only five of us bought food. But yet we were able to feed more than twenty people. That's nothing short of a miracle. It was awesome.

The moment I remember the most clearly in my mind was sixth period. We weren't playing games then...we were just sitting around, some completely sated by food, others still eating, Tiff handing out chocolate...We weren't as loud as we had been. It was kind of quiet. But the picture of people lounging around on floor, on the tables, on the chairs, on the desks, on each other...You just get a sense of togetherness. There was just this cloud of peace that settled around the whole room.

We were no longer Science/Tech or Quest or Comp or Freshmen or Sophomores or Juniors or that-girl-who-took-five-APs-this-year or that-guy-who-flunked-three-of-his-classes. We were just kids skipping our classes on the last day of school...and that was all that mattered. Fun was what we were looking for...and we found a little bit more.
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This school year ended on a good note. The last day spent in McGee's was awesome. I made some really cool friends this year and lost some friends. But of the friends I lost...I gained so much more from it. So all in all, good year.

Have a good summer everybody! I probably won't be active on dA until school starts back up in August. But email or call if you want to contact me.

The summer calls,
Mo



NOTE:

IF YOU HAVE NOT GIVEN ME YOUR SUMMER SCHEDULE (of the ones I asked), YOU HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW TO EMAIL IT TO ME. I will not be at your door hounding you about it, if you don't give it to me, you just won't be included into the summer group plans. So it's your loss, not mine. Especially if you're one of those people who I've been asking for it the past few weeks. If I haven't asked for yours, I probably already have it.