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passed through my heart. This
     
was the last time that I would leave this school as a student.
I
     
took a long hard star at the school, it's old buildings, old football
     
and track field.
I even caught a glance of some teachers crying
     
with students.
It felt weird to see all of my classmates still saying
     
their goodbye's; as the reality of growing up sunk in.
     
I really didn't care for my mom, nor did I really care for her
     
new husband. I really didn't know either of them. I was never a
     
person who judged a book by it's cover, because that is what I
     
was taught since I was a kid; but I guess because James was with
     
my mother it was automatic that I felt this way about him. Maybe it
     
was the way he looked, or even the way she looked at him with
     
that twinkle in her eyes. My dad always told me that it was
     
important to never judge someone without even giving them a
     
chance.
     
I guess I could be more open to meeting him, or the both of
     
them for that matter. I mean he never did anything to me, well
     
directly at least. But there was just something about him that I
     
didn't like.
Maybe I was jealous or something; I don't know,
     
perhaps I was just jumping to conclusions and he really was a
     
nice guy. Perhaps I shouldn't hold my mother's faults against him;
after all he wasn't around when she left us anyway. I thought, as I
     
gazed out the open window, admiring the passing trees.
     
We got home a little before six o'clock and dad's truck was
     
already there.
I could tell that Lily was just about done with
     
dinner. The entire house smelled like broiled steaks and
     
potatoes; with a heavy scent of garlic and black peppers; needless
     
to say the house smelled great.
My dad met Lily about two years
     
ago, but it was like they were meant to be together. They were
     
always goofing around, making each other laugh, and playing
     
jokes on each other.
Although we never heard them say it in front
     
of us; we did see it often; Tucker and I knew that they were in
     
love.
     
"We're home." I announced; as I swung the old screen door
     
open, letting it hit the back wall hard. I shrugged my shoulders in
     
hopes that it wouldn't break. I smiled at the thought, that it might.
     
"Mia. Congratulations." Lily said, as she put down the napkins on
     
the table and hurried over toward me; in her cute yellow sun dress
     
with huge flowers surrounding the bottom, I always thought she
     
looked like a sunflower when she wore it. I chuckled softly to
     
myself as it crossed my mind.
     
Lily was a very kind lady. She wasn't very tall in fact she was
about the same height as me.
She had short brown hair that she
     
always wore down, and it was always brushed perfectly, pulled
     
behind of the ears. Her light peach colored lips matched her pale
     
colored skin and her round light brown eyes. She was my dads
     
complete opposite; I guess that's why they made such a great
     
couple.
Although, when the arguments started, kindness, went
     
out the window and she always won the fight. I smiled every time I
     
heard them arguing.
     
I took notice immediately, that there were three extra seats at
     
the table, but the smell of the food grabbed my attention quickly.
     
She put her arms around me and gave me a big hug, squeezing
     
me a little. "You go on and freshen up, your dad said that we're
     
going to have some guests tonight." She said as she spun around
     
and headed back into the kitchen. "We sure are." I murmured.
     
"Yeah; that sounds good." Tucker called out slamming the screen
     
door shut making his way toward the steps.
     
"Hey, I don't think so. I'm first." I yelled, now running toward
     
the step. I pushed Tucker on the side as we both reach the stairs
     
at the same time. Tucker tumbled over dad's work shoes that
     
always sat at the bottom of the steps. "I'm the graduate, I'm first." I
     
said laughing, hurrying up the steps. "Yeah, yeah.