Congratulations Grad Students, Commencement Ceremony! Everyone!

[Haley James-Scott]

Haley couldn't help but smile as she saw the crowd of people coming into the football stadium and sitting down, where the chairs were set up and where the ceremony would take place. Tree Hill High didn't exactly have a large gym, and this was really the only place they could have it, unless they wanted to take over the park, which might as well be out of the question.

Her parents had come back in time to see her graduate, but really, her mind was focussed on her speech, she wasn't sure if it was completely ready to be said in front of everyone, but she guessed it would have to be--since well, this was it. She adjusted her robe around her and headed up onto stage where the valedictorian was assigned a seat, and took a deep breath.

[Peyton Sawyer]

Peyton walked up to the football stadium, still in shock she made it to this day. The day that she was going to graduate from school and be an adult. After this day Peyton was giong to have to, find love, other than Lucas, get a job, have a family. It was all still so much of a shock to her.

As she walked up she saw Haley standing near by, she walked up to her with a smile. "So it's the big day." she said to her. "Got your speach down?" she asked still smiling.

[Haley James-Scott]

"Got your speach down?"

Haley let out a sigh as she heard the familiar blonde's voice. "No, but if I get stuck I'm going to make you come up here and say how much Tree Hill High sucks." she joked with a smirk. Well, that or she'd probably just start singing the first song that came to mind, which right now was two little monkeys, which probably wouldn't be appropriate, but what the hell? She was told to make a speech, and that one would be memorable.

[Brooke Davis]

"No, but if I get stuck I'm going to make you come up here and say how much Tree Hill High sucks." Brooke popped up out of no where, much like she usually does, a bright dimpled smile on her face. "Do that and I'll kill you." She warned all too cheerfully, bringing both Peyton and Haley in for a group hug. "Can you believe..I mean..We're.." She paused, tears brimming in her eyes. They were...Graduating. Brooke still hadn't chosen her college even though she probably should have months ago. Although going to Duke was an easy choice for Haley, it wasn't as easy for Brooke. Afterall, she and Lucas weren't married, so she wasn't obligated to go with him, was she?

[Haley James-Scott]

"Can you believe..I mean..We're.."

"Graduating." Haley said with a smile, finishing Brooke's sentence. She had to admit, she had dreamed for this moment for a long time, but now that it was there, she wished they could go back. Go back and do it all over, except the bad parts, experience all the happy moments again. But, really, there wouldn't be any extremely happy moments that you appreciate if you didn't have to go through the bad times.

[Lucas Scott]

Lucas walked to the football field. Why must they make them wear these hideous gowns and robes? It was like they were trying to torture them. Lucas continually straightened his cap. He spotted Haley, Peyton, and Brooke and walked over to them. "How long is this gonna last? Because I already want to get out of this thing," he said with a slight smile and then saw tears in Brooke's eyes. Of course, Brooke was going to cry. It was a given. Probably all the girls were going to cry. Lucas wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the forehead.

[Brooke Davis]

"Graduating." A small, sob like laugh fell from her lips and she began to fan her eyes, looking around the football field at all of her peers. Unlike Haley, and Lucas, and Peyton, Brooke was high school. She was the popular girl that everyone wanted to be. Without that, who was she? Now, quite honestly, wasn't the time to be doing the soul searching, but she had no other choice. "Don't remind me." She muttered, letting her hand fall down to her side as a single tear fell from her eye and down her cheek.

"How long is this gonna last? Because I already want to get out of this thing," Brooke turned her head to glare at her boyfriend, her hands resting on her hips. She felt him pull her towards him and she smiled slightly, wrapping both of her arms around his waist so that she was half-hugging his side. "These are the last moments of our Senior Year. Where the fuck is Nat--" She began to ask in quite the high pitched voice, but didn't have to wait much longer as he magically appeared, his arms falling around Haley's waist from behind.

"You ready for that big speech?" He questioned, resting his chin on her shoulder and smiling. There couldn't be one single person in this world that was happier for Haley than he was.

[Peyton Sawyer]

Peyton laughed at Haley's suggestion. Peyton would have no problem going up saying how much Tree Hill sucked, she was leaving after all. Then she laughed a little more at Brooke saying it wasn't a loud. "Hows this, if you forget words or something and then, me and Brooke will make up some cheer on the spot." she said reasoning with both of them.

Peyton didn't say anything and just smiled, forgetting all the drama in their past between everyone. This was going to be thier last day as students and Tree Hill, and Peyton wasn't going to ruin it.

"Brooke it will be fine. You going to go on and be some great fashion designer and be famous." she said hoping it would cheer her up. She figured that would cheer anyone up, heck it would even give Peyton some self esteam.

[Haley James-Scott]

"You ready for that big speech?"

Haley smiled as she felt an arm cross her shoulders, knowing it was Nathan. Turning around just in case, her smile didn't fade when she saw him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "As long as I don't picture the audience as monkeys in their underwear, I'm fine." she said with a nod, remembering what Michelle Branch had told her to do on her first performance and it well, lets just say it horrified her. She had already sung that familiar song underneath the bathroom counter, just to try and get her nerves to be okay.

"Hows this, if you forget words or something and then, me and Brooke will make up some cheer on the spot."

"Deal." Haley said with a smile, knowing that if Brooke was good at something, it was creating some really stupid cheer and do it in front of the whole school, okay, maybe she shouldn't call them stupid.

"And come on Brooke, you're going to be fine." she said, reassuring the brunette with a nod. Haley knew pretty damn well that Brooke would definately be successful in life, I mean, come on, this was Brooke Penelope Davis they were talking about.

[Brooke Davis]

"And come on Brooke, you're going to be fine." Brooke nodded her head unsurely, continuing to look around at her peers. Here, on this football field could be the person who finds a cure for cancer or the person who ends up marrying Donald Trump or something equally as amazing. She turned to her friends and nodded once again, smiling a bit through her tears. "You're gonna go off to win Grammys and you're gonna be some..huge NBA star..You, P. Sawyer..You're gonna become this hugh artist like that Van--What's his face-guy. ..And, Broody, you're gonna be this..Amazing writer." She promised all of them, nodding her head. "Mouth's gonna be the Senator and..Rachel's gonna be the biggest golddigger that this country has ever seen." She continued on, a small laugh falling from her lips.

"What about me? All this year has proved is that..I've got nice hair and great fashion sense. I am high school." She explained, playfully rolling her eyes. "..That's.." She took a deep breath, looking over at Lucas and nodding her head. "..That's why I'm gonna go to New York."

[Lucas Scott]

"..That's why I'm gonna go to New York."

Lucas still had his arms around Brooke. He smiled as she told everyone what they were going to be when they grew up. But then she dropped the big bomb. Brooke was going to New York and Lucas was staying in North Carolina. Lucas felt like someone punched him in the stomach and he felt all the air going out of his lungs. "You're going to NYU....," Lucas said quietly looking down at the ground.

[Haley James-Scott]

You're going to NYU..."

Haley glanced at Lucas and then back at Brooke, she was happy that Brooke had made a choice to go to NYU by herself, and not stay by Lucas. But, she would've been happy for her either way. Though, NYU probably did have a way better fashion program than USC (Hope that's the college name ) ever did. "You forgot one thing, you're going to be a famous fashion designer." she said with a nod and a smile, trying to lighten up the tension that had appeared between the couple.

[Peyton Sawyer]

Peyton nodded in agreement to Haley, still smiling, even though everyone was going their seperate ways, it was still a great experence. "Yes, a huge, the most famous fashion designer out there." Peyton said to Brooke. It could actually be true, considering Brooke was great at designing clothes. Plus she had that one fashion show before her line was even that famous. "We are all going to be fine. No matter what we do." she said to everyone. Weather Peyton was a artist or a club owner, she knew she would be great at both. Same with the rest of her friends.

[Lucas Scott]

((Lucas is going to UNC isn't he? The University of North Carolina. USC is the University of Southern California, isn't it? Lol.))

[Haley James-Scott]

(Sure, I don't know lol, I don't remember what I put on the plot, but sure he can go to UNC)