Sing It Out

Jack's POV:
"All the, small things!," me and my choir group starts singing, me on lead. Today is the last day of school, and I'm so happy that choir is the last class I'm having. I love choir, people make fun of me for it, but fuck them. I can tell it has helped me with my vocals since I joined. And our teacher let us choose which song we wanted to sing for the last day, so we chose All The Small Things by Blink-182. After we finish singing, the final bell rings and we groan in unison. We grab our backpacks, "before anyone leaves I just want to remind you all about the summer option for choir." "You can count on me doing that if I don't get accepted to the summer music program in L.A.!," I shout across the room. "I know you'll get in Jack!," he laughs and I smile to myself. I walk out and I get attacked in a hug by one of my friends. "SCHOOL IS OVER!," she screams in my ear and I laugh. "May get off." I shove her off and she smiles at me. "Sorry, I'm just so excited!" "Yeah, you get to graduate and I have to wait a year." She sticks her tongue out at me and I flick her nose.

We walk out of school, everyone was cheering and running off with their friends. May pulls out her camera and starts filming. "So how does it feel that its the last day of school Jack!" "School is over! WOO!!" May laughs more and hears her friends yelling for her. "Coming!! See you later Jack!" "But what about the barbecue!?" "Just save me a burger!" "But its your graduation party!" May runs off and I pull out my skateboard from my backpack, eh can't blame her for wanting to be with friends on the last day. I put my earbuds in my ears and start blasting my iPod before skating off.

When I get home I smell the grill and I make my way to the back. "Uncle Austin!," I yell and run into the backyard where my parents and uncle are. I hug my uncle tightly and he laughs before we let go of each other. "Where's May?" "She went off to see some friends." "Typical," I hear dad grunt. "And what do you mean by that Charles," my mom spits out. "I'm saying this party is for her, and she just runs off to be with friends when she should be here. She does this all the time." "Dad just let her have the last moment with her friends before they leave for college." I go into the house and go upstairs to my room. I get in my room and drop my stuff on the floor before getting on my computer. I go on my emails and let out a sigh. Nothing yet from the summer music program. Dad is against me going, but my mom and May wants me to go.
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"Hey everyone!," May yells while she walks into the backyard. May hugs uncle Austin and my dad grunts. "What is it dad." "You do this all the time May." "Dad I just wanted to see my friends, possibly the last time that I will ever see them before college." "Not like that matters." "Dad!" "Don't raise your tone with me young lady." "And how do you feel about me going to college dad." "Your making a huge mistake." "What by going out of state, and not staying here like you did for your whole life." "You better shut your mouth or your ass is going to be grounded." "And what about Jack, dad? Jack might have a amazing opportunity with that summer music program and you don't want him to go." "Jack is to young to go, he's 17 crying out loud. Know what happens to 17 year olds out there?" "Dad I won't be like that I swear." "How you know Jack? That's why your staying here." "If Jack gets in he is going, that just shows he's good enough to be there." "Shut your mouth May." My dad struggles with the coals to the grill, "damn coals won't light." "Here try this," May says and squirts the gas fluid onto the coals and fire shoots up.

"That's it your grounded! Get inside!" May picks up her backpack and runs inside, I look at my dad and run inside after May. This is normal between them, and I hate that it is.

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