The list of students wasn't terribly long. Jimmy was near the front and Chelsea cheered when he got his diploma. Deborah clapped her hands respectfully and gave a small cheer herself. When Ellie, the beautiful ginger girl they had sat at prom with came on stage, Deborah looked to her tummy and noticed a slight swell. Immediately, her mind went to the idea that the young girl might be pregnant. But shaking her head, she told herself not everyone in the world was as depraved as her and Chelsea.
Jason was right about in the middle. Deborah couldn't help herself and stood up waving to her son when he came up on stage. Jason looked at her in the crowd and his face split into a beaming grin bigger than the nervous smile he had come walking up with. He even stopped in his tracks and waved back,
