The_End_Of_Innocence

The End Of Innocence High school graduation is a day that many people look back on with pride and satisfaction. It is a day that marks a major accomplishment in many lives. I wish that day had felt like an accomplishment for me. The day had started out ok. All the seniors had to report to the football field early that morning for practice. The sun was unusually strong for that time of day. After two hours of baking out there, we were dismissed. I met up with one of my friends and we made plans to go out for breakfast. I remember thinking it was funny how she showed up to practice in her pj’s. We went over to the IHOP by her grandmother’s house, she ordered the smiley face pancakes, and I had an omelet. I had been having a weird feeling about graduation and I wanted to know if maybe she felt the same. I asked if she was scared, and I will always remember her answer. “Of course I’m scared, everybody is. This is a big step on the road of life. It’s the end of an era, and of our innocence.” Her words were comforting, but not exactly what I wanted graduation, over, day, time, out, after, started, school, made, lines, wanted, scared, same, moved, look, line, just, friends, forward, field, felt, everybody, big, back, about, yet, wish, way, walked, waited, two, tornado, times, through, tell, step