Apparently, studying does make it easier because Dan finishes his last final with an hour left before school lets out. This is his last day of high school. This is it, and he can't even process it. Technically, there's one more day left, but he took his final early for tomorrow, so he doesn't have to come in at all which means he's sitting in these chairs for the last time, walking these halls for the last time, doing everything for the last time.
It's liberating to be free from school and its constraints. College may allow you to pick your own path, but high school, even with the choices they offer, which tend to be limited, has one path paved for everybody.
At the same time, however, it feels like he's just watched The Perks of Being a Wallflower ten times in a row. The movies always h
