48. Henry

Final Issue of “Hopeless Henry”

By Alice Bennet

Taken from the University Gazette

Senior year came at last. Thank God. I was so ready to get out of this college and away from certain memories. Certain people.

I would always have a soft part for the marching band and the friends I’d made there. I had a feeling I’d remain in most of their lives long after graduation. But other parts, I couldn’t wait to escape.

Just a few months to go, and it’d all be over.

I was looking forward to starting fresh. I could make myself a clean slate. I could leave behind all the things that haunted me and hopefully find a job in my dream career, then meet someone I clicked with and build a life with her.

I wouldn’t have to see Avery or Reuben or any of his bothersome friends ever again. It would be nice.

Meanwhile, I was hanging on and making sure I got through as I remained focused on graduation.

After being assigned a partner—Elliot—in my orchestration class, I agreed to meet with him at his dorm