74 - Blaine.

Sitting at the front of the main hall, I wait patiently for her to appear. Graduation ceremonies are normally a drag I try to get out of, but for the first time I don't feel like clawing my eyes out.

After all, I'm the only support she has here for this day. Despite sending invites to her family as an olive branch, none of them have showed up, not even Mia, her sister. I suspect that Massimo didn't extend the invitation to her, and that's why she's not here.

"Excuse me, sorry. Sorry." I glance up to see Mia pushing through to the seat next to me, followed by a reluctant looking Killian. "Blaine, I haven't missed her, have I?"

"Quiet," someone shouts as she drops into the seat next to me and Killian takes the one on the other side of her.

"Oh shut it," she shouts back.

I smile, thankful that she made it for Azira's sake. Even though she hasn't voiced it to me, I know it hurts that her family has cut her off.

"She's not been up yet."

Mia sighs in relief. "Thank fuck for that. Traffic wa