Ecstasy: A Narrative Fiction

"Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you." - John Green ❀Alexis P.O.V❀ I wipe the sweat off my forehead and sigh in relief. "Are you ready?" Mom asked, knocking on my bedroom door, which was already open. "Um, yeah," I replied. I closed and zippered my suit case, struggling a little bit since I packed almost all the clothes I have in the one suitcase. "Well me and Ryan will be downstairs waiting," She smiled. She disappeared out of the doorway and made her way downstairs. I sighed and looked around my room, a wide grin plastered across my face. Me and my best friend Ryan have dreamed about this day since we were in eighth grade. I exited my blue themed room and skipped down …show more content…

I laughed. "I just stuffed everything I had into the suitcase and bag. Unlike you," I said. "Girl I need all this stuff in here," She said. We both laughed. "You girls ready?" My mom asked plopping her head into the room. "Yeah," Ryan replied. "Let me just put my things in the trunk" Ryan dragged all her pink suitcases to the trunk and stuffed them in there. She took up the whole trunk so there was no need for me to try and fit my belongings in there. I rolled my stuff to the car and sat next to Ryan in the back seat. I reached out the car and grabbed my suit case and bag, sitting it on my small thighs. "Thanks for taking up all the space," I said sarcastically. "Sorry," She chuckled, taking out her iPhone 6s she had just got for her birthday a few months ago. She plugged her earphones in , and tapped the Instagram app and started strolling through her timeline . As we began pulling off, I just stared out the window. The speed of the car made the trees look like a green blur. My mom turned the radio up a little, "One Dance" by Drake playing through the …show more content…

The only way I got here is because I got a scholarship for art lucky I did. I leaned my head against the window letting my thoughts vanish into a blur slowly my eyes fluttered shut. ♡♡♡ "ALEXIS!!" I jolt from my slumber, looking around like a maniac my eyes drop to Ryan her previous curly bush now pulled into a ponytail. "What!" I say frantically. "We're here now get up" she says a small grin plastering onto her face. "Why did you have to scare me have to death?" I said rolling my eyes before placing my suitcases on the ground, hopping out the car and closing the door with a thud. I walk to the trunk of the vehicle, my eyes meet my moms light green ones. She stops taking all of Ryan's hot pink suitcases out of the trunk and pulls me into a warm embrace. "I'm so proud of you Alexis, you have grown into this amazing young lady. Now look your going to college." She pulls from the embrace. Her eyes become glossy a tear slides down her rosy cheeks. Wiping the tear from her cheek. "Thank you mom, I love you so much and I'll call you everyday." She nods in agreement before we both smile at each