The Graduation
After a couple months, maybe two or so…..
They had concluded their external exams and all that was
left was their graduation and that wasn't until a week or two.
Their exams had began the month of June 2022 and ended August
of the same year.
So the group of newly graduated students gathered
everyday in their soon to be old school to plan their graduation
and on a specific day they threw a post exam party, they bought
snacks in large quantities, baked pastries, even cooked some
meals and came along with them.
Shared among the staff and the students and saved enough
for themselves obviously they couldn't give without keeping their
own share, their class party they played games, truth or dare the
one game that they all agreed to play.
Virgil had finally gotten to see another side of those holy
people he called classmates but he enjoyed every part of it
because he knew he wouldn't get to spend time with these people
that was his second family like this again.
Party finished. Everyone went home to prepare properly for
their graduation, go shopping for their dress code, white
turtleneck, black trousers and sneakers or canvass.
Virgil is greeted by a congratulations at home on the
success of his party and his leaving college, his parents and little
sister. His dad simply put it "we'll only be celebrating after seeing
your results" the promise of wine as a starting point of the
celebration, Virgil was already drinking the whole bottle in his
mind.
He knew for a fact that he was gonna pass and this
celebration was gonna be to his liking, shopping, wine, a whole lot
of eating.
A week later….
Graduation time!!!!!!
They all came into the school premises and my goodness
were they looking astonishing, the match of the fit was very clean
that they shone on their own day a lot more brightly than
expected of them.
Nothing much happened that day other than lineup of
events, choreography, song presentations and presentations of
various graduating classes as well.
Virgil's class basically abandoned the event after they had
received their awards and taken their pictures, taking their fun all
the way back to their former class, music, talks, jokes, dancing,
goofing off, they made sure to record a lot of videos for future
records and memories for the sake of it.
Virgil was satisfied with his time in college, but the moment
to depart came and they all knew that even thought they were
longer in the same college they always keep in touch with each
other but Virgil knew that would be the last time he would see
those guys again.
Virgil got home and that night he cried himself out, he was
basically a softie thinking to himself "I'm not gonna see this guys
again"
Knowing well enough that they could always converse on
social media but it would not be the same again, that connection
would slowly fade.
And sure enough, it eventually did all those that he left
college with had gotten their various admissions and their small
talks and even their "hi" or "hello" almost became like it was
never gonna happen.