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67 ➳ I Deserved Hale

Running 

For Miles 

Today has got to be one of the worst day of my stupid, horrible life, other than the day that I met Boston that is. The reason that today is the worst day of my whole existence or well second is because it is finally the day that I graduate High school.

It's not too bad that I'm graduating, it's actually great that I made it this far as was able to graduate, but today isn't just me graduating high school but it's also the day that Boston is dragging me back to Green Meadow.

He had decided that he doesn't want to move somewhere completely different yet as he wants to be near his father as he is apparently finally going to allow Boston into his multimillion-dollar company after years of Boston begging him to allow him in.

Normally I would be so happy for him and I wouldn't be bummed that we aren't moving far away from anyone I know as I would only want the best for Boston but no not this time, not after he hurt me when he had said he changed.

The ceremony was boring. We all had to wear ugly emerald gowns and caps that who knows how many other students have worn. It was held at the town hall in the center of the town, we each had to dress in our uniform for one final time, beneath the gowns, of course, and with every call of our name, we ascended the stairs and were given our graduation certificates.

When it was my turn to walk up onto the stage to shake hands with principal Vanderbilt and then pose for the photos, I searched the large crowd for two faces that I would miss dearly and ones that I haven't seen for a while now.

I came across them quickly, my father's face looked tired and as if he had been up all night at work, he had an old coffee stain on his shirt which made me smile as I could just imagine how badly he probably needed me to help out with washing their clothes and making sure that he was up and ready.

Right beside him was a smiling and clapping Sam, god I missed him smiling all the time as his smile and laugh for that matter was so infectious and warm, it could make anyone's day a whole lot better in just seconds.

Words couldn't describe how happy it made me that they had come. 

I feel like such a bad sister and daughter. I feel as though I have failed them by not being strong and honest. I had promised them that everything would be okay and that I would be okay but now look at me. 

Within days I've become the same Eden that used to live in Green Meadow. I'm once again a punching bag for my boyfriend. I'm once again keeping it to myself and not seeking help even though I know I need it.

Once again, I'm covering my bruised face with Makeup just so that people don't ask about it.

The ceremony came to an end and the word about Nathaniel Lockheart's graduation party spread like crazy. Several students were throwing parties, all in different areas of Dayton Lakes, but Nate was the most popular amongst the party-throwers, so everyone naturally ended up at his house, just before the city.

Boston at first wasn't going to allow me to attend the party, he was going to go all by himself as he apparently had things to do which frightened me. A million what-ifs had flooded into my mind all about my friends and Hale.

Extremely worried I knew that I had to go to make sure that he wouldn't do anything to them so I found the courage within my broken body and managed to talk him into letting me come with him. My main point being that it was going to be the only graduation party I would ever go to in my life and I wanted to be with him.

Which was obviously just said to make his ego grow.

He had managed to find a little bit of respect in his non-excitant heart to all me to come to the condition that I never leave his side, like always, never talk to anyone and that we would only be there for an hour and no longer.