Chapter 2

As May arrived, all the talk at school was about the upcoming graduation. Alexa was looking forward to it. She had already bought her dress. It was a shiny, pale blue dress that accented her eyes and fit her slim figure perfectly.

Meanwhile, Brian was almost fully recovered and was ready to rejoin the Backstreet Boys. They had already planned rehearsals for their "Millennium" tour for the end of May. The tour would start in the middle of June. They would hit all of the cities they had missed before, when Brian's problem had been discovered. The tour would run until mid-August. Then the Boys would have a month of vacation time and start the second leg of the tour in October. It would end in November. Alexa was happy for Brian, who was very excited about it, but she was also sad, knowing that although they'd be back to Lexington for two concerts, she would barely see him all summer. Then she would be off to college. Even though the University was nearby, Alexa had already planned to live in the dorms. She needed to get out of her house. It was very hard being there, for there were too many painful memories of Elisa there. Alexa was ready to move out.

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The night of graduation, Alexa was full of nervous excitement. She was all dressed up in her beautiful dress. Her hair had been pulled up into an elegant twist. Her makeup and nails had been done perfectly. She wore a beautiful necklace of diamonds and sapphires, since the sapphire was her birthstone. She had gotten it as a graduation present from her parents. She wore new matching earrings, too. Brian had made reservations at a fancy restaurant for just the two of them after the ceremony, and then Alexa was taking him along to a party that one of her friends was throwing.

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"Alexa Renee Morgan." Alexa walked forward to receive her diploma. Her principal handed her diploma to her, and the superintendent shook her hand. Then she walked over and stood next to her classmates. Alexa looked into the audience for her family. She saw her mother, smiling proudly. She smiled back at her. Her grandparents were next to her. Brian and his family were in the row behind them. As she gazed at Brian, he caught her eye and flashed her a thumbs-up and an endearing grin.

"Presenting the graduating class of 2000," the superintendent finally announced at the end of the ceremony. Then "Pomp and Circumstance" was played as the class filed out of the auditorium.

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