“How are you feeling?” Mom asked, sounding like she was the one who might not be able to contain her excitement.
“Excited and kind of terrified.”
“We’re proud of you,” Dad said.
“For what?” I asked. “Getting dressed up and coming to a movie premiere?”
“For seeing it through, even when it got hard.” That was big coming from my dad. He was part of the reason it had been so hard. But he had let go a lot in the last year. My mom was still as busy as ever, but I knew she was happy for me.
“What do you mean? It was never hard,” I said.
Donavan smiled beside me. He looked so good in a tux.
“So really?” I asked Donavan. “Are you going to review this movie? I know you’re done with the school paper and everything, but maybe for your first piece at college?” Donavan had been accepted at Berkeley, majoring in journalism and communications, and my plan was to be as close to him as possible when I wasn’t filming.
“I’m just going to be your boyfriend tonight,” he said.
“Good answer.” People starting filing into the theater. “Are you all ready?” I asked.
“It doesn’t matter if we are,” Donavan said, kissing the back of my hand. “Are you?”
“More than ready.”