He did not want to hear, any moaning or groaning, from the student body. They would receive ‘Fake Diploma’s to the song, ‘It Is the End of the W...rld as We Know It’ and the ‘Real Diploma’s would be handed out, when they returned their caps and gowns. If they disrupted the ceremony, the real diploma would be withheld, until they served a two-day detention. Now, the students groaned, while the principal and the teachers smiled. Many students noticed Payne was not happy. It looked as if she had. "Where are you from Chrissy?" San Diego. Originally from Minnesota."That's when her friend motioned to her that she wanted to leave. Chrissy wanted to stay, which I liked. I bought her whatever drink she had in her hand and I had another Bud. I needed to figure out a way to get rid of her friend. She wasn't impressed with the situation."Do you like Canadians because you're from Minnesota." Not really. I just like the Canadian I'm looking at."That was enough for me..."Do you want to get out of. Mozart took off his reading glasses and smiled, plainly enjoying Eva's presence, but that was as much as he ever did. She was not trying to encourage him, at least not specifically, and the man had never hinted at any sort of sexual desire for her. Eva wondered if that would change now that her father was dead. Edwin had been dying of tuberculosis, a condition that imprisonment had only served to aggravate. Neither she nor Wolfgang had known until very close to the end of his life, but Mozart. Still, he was acutely aware of his surroundings, of cars passing by, of early joggers running down the beach (Hugh lived in a small condo north of Boston, two blocks from the ocean, in Swampscott). The whole world seemed so alive, his body seemed so new and exciting. Somehow, his whole outlook on life had been rejuvenated.After Erin had got home the night before, they stayed up talking about the new company until 2AM. Hugh couldn't get over how brash she had been. It made Hugh recognize how.