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THE LAST FIRST DAY Trade Grover As I sit here in this patch of morning sun, school is a distant memory. Summer has never evaporated so quickly before. I do not believe I am going back to school. I will walk through those doors for my last first day of high school. I am a senior. I slept well last night. Excitement did not snatch sleep away from me. No, it was just another summer night. When I was a child, my thoughts were of new school clothes, new friends, new teachers. I imagine the classrooms, the sound of school bells, the feel of freshly waxed floors beneath feet tight in new shoes, the smell of new books. On waking, I would hurry along so as not to be late on the first day. Today, I sit lazily savoring every last moment of the summer. Curiosity does not excite me. I have been through this eleven times before; I know what to expect. Most of the faces in the hallway will not be new to me. Yet, somehow today is different. As I walk through the heavy glass doors into the dark coolness of the building, I start my last first day of school. It is the first in a year which will be filled with lasts. It will be a good year. A year of parties and school gatherings. A year to make decisions. A year to be carefree. A year. My last year at Melrose High School. And this, my last first day, begins it all. 6
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RUSH HOUR BLUES Bill Akerley Mike D’Agostino and Rick Della Pasqua BEEEEEEEEEEEEP! . . . (finally . . . thought English’d never end. French next). OUT THE DOOR - CLEAR SAILING TO THE STAIRS “Hey Tony, how ya doin’?” DOWN THE STAIRS. (Where’s my math book?!!) BACK UP THE STAIRS. (Here it is!) DOWN THE STAIRS. ACROSS THE - “Excuse me” BUMP! - “Sorry” HALL. “Hi” BY THE COMPUTER - (Why do they always have to talk in the middle of the aisle?) - ROOM. “Hello Diane.” THROUGH THE - “Hey Steve, what did you do in gym?” DOOR. DOWN THE HALL. STOP. WAIT . . .WAIT (Why don’t you leave some for the fish?!) . . . . . . WAIT . . . “FINALLY” . . . SLURP, GULP, SLURP, DRINK . . . “AHHH!” . . . THROUGH THE DOORS “Bonjour!” STOP, “excusez moi . . . excuse me . . . (Clear the throat), EXCUSE ME . . . THANK YOU” . . . (35-17-11 . . . 35-17-11 “come on” . . . 35-17-11) CLICK! (let’s see, eng . . . fre . . . math . . . phys . . .) BEEEEEEP! SHUT! SHUT! . . . DOWN THE - SHUT! (Hey! Hey! Got her again!) - HALL . . . “Let’s go, open the other door. “ACROSS THE - “Excuse me” BUMP - “Sorry” CORRIDOR. (Watch out) THROUGH THE DOOR. “GEEZ! It’s freezing!!” PUFF, PUFF, PUFF . . . STOMP! (getting late) BACK INSIDE. DOWN THE - “Hi Joanne” HALL. UP THE STAIRS RUN. . .“Jim”. . . AROUND THE CORNER . . . (plenty of time) . . . BEEEEEEEEP! “SHOOT! LATE AGAIN!!”
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