Chapter 23: Graduating“Graduating with a double major in Human Resources and English—Aiden Anthony Lawrence.”
One of those really loud air horns sounded throughout the arena, and I rolled my eyes as I looked into the stands and saw my family cheering for me. I couldn’t help but smile. It was…such a relief. I’d worked so hard for so long, and now I was receiving a piece of paper. Technically, two of them. And they were important pieces of paper.
I strode across the stage to shake hands with the university president and a whole bunch of other people. Then, I stood with my neat—and empty—degree covers for a picture in front of the King State logo. That was when I remembered that degrees were getting mailed out, so I wouldn’t see the actual degrees until I moved back to Springfield.
Then I
