Judy's POV

I parted my lips to speak, but before I could, Gavin stopped me.

"You have a speech to make," he told me, gesturing towards the stage. I looked at the stage where Dean Rivers was waiting, a smile on her face as she watched me. I turned back to Gavin, feeling a flurry of butterflies in my chest.

"I don't have my speech with me, and this happened so fast, I don't have the time to reprepare for it," I admitted.

"Don't worry about that," Nan said, stepping beside me. She had a piece of paper in her hands, and she handed it to me with a grin. "I have your speech right here."

I looked at it and then back at her face.

"You knew about all of this?" I asked her.

She shrugged.

"Of course I did," she told me, nudging my shoulder. "Who do you think helped him make all the phone calls to all our classmates. Once I explained things to them, they were more than happy to help."

Tears brimmed the corners of my eyes; I cut her out like I cut everyone else in my life out. I ignored her calls and texts when I reached Redcliff, and I felt so guilty about it. Now, here she was, helping make this day absolutely perfect, and there were no words that could describe how much that meant to me.

I stepped closer to her and wrapped her in my arms, hugging her tightly as tears fell from my eyes.

sorry,

wasn't there for her. She didn't even tell me this news herself

day is for you,

I was crying in front of everybody, but from the compassionate looks I

Gavin's warm hand on my back, and I turned to look up

he told me softly.

my lip to keep

perfect," I whispered

the mic. "We are waiting for you. You have a speech for

I nodded as I stepped away from my friends and walked down the long, handmade aisle until I reached

I could

is insane," I started, a laugh bubbling out of me. It caused others to chuckle as well because this was absolutely unheard of. "I can't believe you all pulled this off. It's just like

my speech tightly

down at Gavin, who had taken his seat next to Irene and Matt. Matt was grinning from ear to ear, and I

I'm sorry that you have to suffer again,” I

that being said, I started my speech. As I spoke, my eyes kept drifting to Gavin,

my heart

my speech,

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