Alright, I know the LAST thing I need to do is start a new story, but this one has been stuck in my head for awhile, and I couldn't get it out. So please let me know what you think!

"Welcome to the graduation ceremony for Saratoga's class of 2006!" Mr. Thompson, the school's principle, greeted the large crowd with a professional and generic smile. They were by far the worst senior class he'd been in charge of in his career. They loved to push the limits of every rule, making it close to impossible to punish them, but just as close to impossible for them to get away with their actions with no consequences. He was a man who lived the rules, and they thoroughly enjoyed watching him squirm everyday. This was one of the happiest days of his career.

A loud cheer roared throughout the football stadium in the humid summer morning as the 273 soon-to-be graduates, as well as thier friends and family, clapped their hands and yelled pleasantries into the smothering air. The rest of his speech went unheard by the anxious teenagers that were waiting impatiently to walk across the center of the stage and recieve their dipolomas, that stated that they attended enough classes at Saratoga Central High School to be wearing a cap and gown at this ceremony.

Saratoga was a small town in the southern part of Georgia that most had never heard of. It wasn't like most small towns that was mainly middle class with the occasional extreme cases in the community. In fact, the middle class was practically obsolete in Saratoga. There was the unearthly rich, mostly inheritance money, and then the poor that barely even made it by even with the help of welfare. Since most had lived there their whole lives, it was practically standard who was friends with who, and why.

Meredith Grey's life revolved around four people. Her three best friends, and her boyfriend of two years. Like her, they were extremely wealthy, except for Addi. The Montgomerys were wealthy untill Addison's father was diagnosed with lung cancer, and died in Addison's freshman year of high school. Their fortune was spent on home care for him. After that, Addison cut ties with most people that weren't neccesary. Lucky for her three best friends, she considered them neccesary. She refused to be close to anyone else for fear of losing them suddenly, or even worse, painfully. Despite her lack of money, she still stayed around the same party crowd. She was even voted Homecoming Queen this past year, but it was hard to be happy for a pity win. Atleast that's what she told herself, despite her friend's best attempts to convince her otherwise. She wasn't exactly known for her glamour, atleast not anymore. She probably would've ditched the dance all together if Mark didn't insist on going. He was up for HC King, but he lost to Josh, Meredith's boyfriend. Needless to say, he rubbed being Prom King in Josh's face for weeks. But Addi wasn't alone in her detatched attitude towards life. Her and Meredith had spent the last four years avoiding anything outside their four friends and outside these school grounds. Outside of Derek, Mark, each other, and high school, they didn't know who they were, and they were scared to find out. Then of course there was Meredith's boyfriend, Josh Harrison. Meredith refused to break it off, despite her friend's pleas to do so. None of them liked him, but she did, atleast most of the time. Her mom had yet to meet him. She was always in Atlanta for work, living and breathing in the OR. Once Meredith turned 12, Ellis just bought another hourse in Atlanta to avoid the four and a half hour drive 'home' for one, maybe two nights of rest. She made sure to leave enough money in the bank to last Meredith untill she came back, and a fax number for anything she needed to be signed. A number Meredith had never actually used. She had no idea what her mother's signature looked like, but it didn't matter because neither did her teachers. No one cared, besides most in the town had never even met her mother.

The Valedvictorian was on the stage at the podium when Mark began to grow restless sitting down. He was sitting beside Derek, and directly behind Addison, and they both actually seemed interested in what the poor nervous guy was saying, as if they could actually understand him through his heavy breathing and stuttering. He scanned the rows untill he found Meredith several rows in front of him. "Psst Mer!" Mark whispered rather loudly between clenched teeth to get her attention, only to recieve a slap on his arm and a glare from Addison. He gave her a cocky smirk and blew her a kiss with his lips before winking at her, causing her to blush. They'd been on several dates throughout high school, and always went to formals together, but Addison knew he didn't want to be tied down, or atleast he thought that was the reason. She never pushed anything. He'd seemed to have built up a reputation as a heartbreaker in Saratoga, to put it nicely. She returned his grin before turning back around and helped him get Mer's attention. She hadn't gotten a chance to talk to Meredith that day since she'd been trying to keep Mark from pulling any pranks. She wasn't sure if she was successful yet or not. Probably not. After several failed attempts by Mark and Addison to get her attention, Derek decided to join in as well. He was an S after all, he had time to goof off. He let out a small, but audible, whistle that immediately got her attention. He'd told her before the ceremony began that he was going to whistle if he got really nervous, and was going to bolt, but he wasn't planning on telling them that. That could be their little secret.

She quickly turned around and found him almost instantly, along with her two other best friends, and smiled. It wasn't fair they all got to sit next to each other. Given, she was next to Josh, but that didn't calm her nerves nearly as much as they would. They were going to break up soon, whether they admitted it or not. He was moving to New York for college, and she was going to University of Georgia with Mark. He'd somehow talked her into going there instead of Duke as she'd planned. She offered a small wave and wink trying to silently calm Derek's theoretical nerves before turning back around towards the stage. Once she wasn't looking anymore, Addison and Mark both glanced towards Derek, expecting an explanation. He only shrugged his shoulders with indifference and watched as Meredith's row stood up to go accept the plaque. He wanted to cry, but of course he didn't. He was going to lose her, and there was nothing he could do to stop it. Meredith had practically been attached to his hip since they were five, after her dad left. Then even more so when Ellis all but moved to Atlanta. No one else knew it, but he always left his window open for her when Mark wasn't sleeping over. He hated her being alone, probably even more than she did. She didn't come much anymore, unless there was a bad storm or something. He assumed it was partly due to the heavy partying she'd gotten accustomed to on the weekends, but it was mostly because of Josh. He'd started gettin suspicious of their relationship, and she reluctantly stopped most of the nightly visits. Now, instead of coming over, she called him. Needless to say, he'd practically become an insomniac. He absolutely hated that he didn't get to hold her much anymore, but there wasn't really anything he could do except take what he could get.

I packed a cooler

Mark's graduation party was all most students had talked about for weeks, except the four people who actually had to go. Mark's parents weren't as family-oriented as Derek's, but they did insist on celebrating big events in their only son's life. They'd thrown a party for almost every occasion worth celebrating, and graduation was no different. Of course, they were nowhere to be found once the party started. The four friends were of the select few still awake when the sun came up the next morning. Each of them clearly still reeling fromt he massive intake of tequilla and vodka.

"We should celebrate!" Mark sat up on his bed that he was sharing comfortably with Addison to look down on the floor where Meredith and Derek were sharing a sleeping bag. The same sleeping situation they found themselves in everytime Mark had a party.

"Sloane, that's what we've been doing for the last twenty four hours! Go to sleep!" Meredith mumbled into Derek's arm that was acting as her pillow since Mark was a pillow hog.

"No Grey, silly! I mean just the four of us! We should do something fun. Something new!"

"Mark!" Addison laughed, exhaustion clear in her slow movements as she covered her eyes, blocking out any traces of sunlight begging to creep into the room. Once her eyes were satisfied with the darkness, she removed her arm and pulled Mark back down so that they were eye level, forcing herself, reluctantly, to open her eyes to meet his piercing gaze. "It's time to sleep, babe. Alright? We can talk about this tomorrow!" she smiled at him and placed her finger on his lips to silence any response. "Goodnight hun." He nodded in defeat before rolling onto his side to pout. The room fell silent, which only made Mark want to talk more. He wasn't ready to sleep yet.

"Roadtrip!" he exclaimed happily, immediately springing back up to a sitting position as he allowed his imagination to run wild with possibilities. "We can go to the beach! Come on guys!" he pleads helplessly to his friends, letting his stubborn attitude get in the way of their sleeping mandates.

"Whatever you want, buddy! Tomorrow. Alright? We'll figure it all out tomorrow!" Derek responded with the only thing he could to get Mark to stop talking and go to sleep. Once he got going on an idea, he could talk, more like ramble, for hours. It was nearly impossible to get him to stop, and Derek was too sleepy to try.

Mark's face lit up with excitement as he laid back down facing his white wall. It was all he could do not to get up and pack right then. He knew his friends would kill him if he did though, so he forcefully shut his eyes as tight as he could, and buried his head into the pillow untill he felt the matress through the fabric, praying for sleep to come soon so he could wake up and get everything together.

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