Smiling and whispering amongst themselves, five teenagers dragged worn blankets and computer light onto the top of the roof. Orange peels and chocolate wrappers lined the gutter, and the friends smiled at each other. They sat there, the wind lightly touching their backs while their voices carried out into the quiet darkness. 

Post-graduation, they spent their time recalling the moments
they grew up and matured. 

The first girl said her childhood ended when she stopped making rocket ships out of refrigerator boxes. The soft summer breeze made strands of her curly hair dance. Her light brown skin was illuminated by the moon, and while she usually didn't like heights, she had never felt safer. 

The second girl smiled faintly, saying her childish manner ended the last time she dressed up for Halloween. She was going farther away to New York City, where dreams of design were leading her. Blue eyes sparkled with excitement and the potential for new ideas filled the air. 

For the first boy, his moments of growing up began when he stopped chasing birds on the pier. Thin framed glasses on his face shifted as he went to hold the hand of the second girl, silently hoping the action would make his sister stay. 

The second boy's voice was hoarse, cracking with pain as he pushed out that his innocence left years before, when his struggle with depression worsened. The second boy twisted an iron ring on his middle finger, an item that always seemed to strengthen him. 

Noticing the crack in his voice, the first girl pulled him into a hug, stroking his black hair and planting a soft kiss on his forehead. 

The third boy spoke with humor and fondness lining his voice, recalling that the last moments of his true childhood dissipated when he fell in love. He reminisced on the butterflies he felt, wishing that he could go back to that moment and pause time. 

After moments of silence, the third boy opened his computer, and slow music began to fill the air. He reached for the hands of the second and first girls, pulling them up, the first and second boys following.

The five teenagers swayed and spun to the music, laughing and sweeping orange peels and chocolate wrappers off the edge. 

Joyful tears slipped down their cheeks as they embraced, holding each other tightly. They made promises to never forget about the memories, the laughs and the moments that could never be replaced. Smiling and whispering amongst themselves, five teenagers laid down on worn blankets and joined hands on the roof, vowing to never let their childhood go.