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Gynasium review; guard. I knew I was going to be a mess and cry, because graduating means leaving my girls and leaving the coaches, but I did not know there would other reasons as well. I was able to keep my composure, but after we performed and cleaned up, Mr. Hughes showed us a slideshow he made of the season. He put songs we used this season in there. The song that hit a lot of us was "Fall For You" by Secondhand Serenade. Then after that, he put "I Will Remember You" by Sarah McLachan, which made everyone cry. After the slideshow, Lisa informed us through tears and broken lines, that she would not be returning to coach colorguard next year. The room grew silent, and she continued to explain, struggling to get the words out, even though she had practiced the speech in her car every day for the past three months. Everyone started crying harder. When she was done, Mr. Hughes said "Okay, so as you know..." and Haylee went "If you tell us that you're leaving, I'm quitting right now." As Mr. Hughes went on with his little speech, he informed us that he was leaving too and everyone's heart just broken even more. Lisa wants to focus on herself and maybe a family. Mr. Hughes needs to get his life in orderly ever since him and Rachel divorced, because she was the only reason he moved to the Poconos. His lease in the house he's at now ends at the end of June. He might even be moving on Ohio. When he was telling us this, he turned to me and goes
"See, this is why you should have gone to Wittenberg. You could live down the road from me."
I broke. It then hurt even more that my dad isn't letting me attend Witt. I mean, I know I'm graduating and everything, but it still affects me greatly that Matt and Lisa won't be coaching at West anymore. I was expecting to be able to randomly be able to pop in to band camp or indoor next year and say hello, maybe even stick around to help a bit, but they won't be there. I wrote Mr. Hughes and Lisa letters for Gynasium review, and Lisa read her entire letter, but Mr. Hughes only read the first page of his. He said that he couldn't finish it, because he would cry. At the end of their speeches, we all just kind of sat there and bawled our eyes out for about an hour. All eleven of us. The nine members and two coaches. Then we tried to give out hugs and no one wanted to move. It hurt too much. Lisa started giving hugs and Haylee said that I was first with Mr. Hughes. I couldn't even look at him, I was so broken. Then he put his arms up like ten feet above my head and we both started laughing and actually hugged. I didn't want to let go. Then he kept yelling at me to not do anything stupid, stay away from the punch, and use protection. Bahahaha. I just buried my head in his armpit and cried. Then when Lisa god around to me, she was like "Ohhhh, Boo!" and I just fell into her arms. We hugged for a long time and she rubbed my back. Everyone that night pretty much cried themself to sleep.
Today, I was able to sorta hold back while getting ready. When I saw Abril in the morning, her eyes were already red and glossy. Emily Woodman ran up to me and I told her not to touch me. Kyle looked at me. Throughout the day, we would all just look at each other, sad, watery-eyed, thinking, until one of us yelled "STOP IT!" It was so depressing. When I got home, I texted Mr. Hughes:
Me: "I should not be home right now D: did you finish reading my letter?"
Hughes: "Yes, made me cry again."
Me: "Awws. D': we were all such a mess in school today."
Hughes: "3rd period was rough because fall for you was on the radio."
Then I told him the whole thing about Rachael, Kyle, Abril, and Emily and I. Poor Mr. Hughes crying. Ughh, I can't believe they won't be here. I love Lisa and Matt!
Lisa was the one with a big warm smile on her face who included herself in our discussion and always waved when walk in. She always had the best storied about her fourth graders. She was the mini motivator, the one whose voice stuck in our heads.
Mr. Hughes. Matthew Sebastian Hughes is seriously my favorite man on Earthh. He's truly my hero. He's been there for me through a lot, both guard and home issues. He's my biggest inspiration. He was always there for me and we gots this mental connection. I am going to miss him most out of everyone, I think. I'm going to try to text and e-mail him often. He needs to give Kyle and I lists of WGI guard he thinks we can make& I might talk to him about buying a sabre. I'll give him the money if he orders it for me? Bahaha. I will convince him. We're getting sweatshirts and DVD copies. I'm going to be bawling so hard. I don't even think I can type anymore, I'm so upset and just got really tired. Maybe I'll finish this later.
This sucks.
It really really does.
It's kind of ridiculous, but we feel like someone just died, that's how upset we are. Mr. Hughes and Lisa are more than just coaches. They're like best friends, family, they know us so well.
edit;;It's 6:14pm, I added a big detail I missed before towards the end, because I was so mixed up before. And, I'm crying again.
Don't let your life pass you by, weep not for the memories. |
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