[INTRO] [The school is nearly empty. The sun is setting outside the academy windows. Maya and Riley slowly walk through the quiet hallway.] [MAYA] Everybody keeps asking… Where I’m going. ⸻ [RILEY] Funny. Nobody asks… If I want to leave. ⸻ (Soft piano begins.) ⸻ [VERSE 1] [MAYA] I’ve spent four years Dreaming of somewhere else. Thinking that’s where Life finally begins. ⸻ [RILEY] I’ve spent four years Trying to notice Everything Before it disappears. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] [MAYA] Maybe the future Is waiting somewhere new… ⸻ [RILEY] Or maybe… The hardest part Is leaving what’s already true. ⸻ [CHORUS] [BOTH] 🎶 What if I stay? What if I don’t run? What if the story I’m searching for Has already begun? 🎶 🎶 What if goodbye Is harder than I knew? What if the future Still somehow Leads me back to you? 🎶 ⸻ [VERSE 2] [They step outside. City lights begin appearing.] [RILEY] Every hallway Knows our footsteps. Every stage Knows our names. ⸻ [MAYA] Every classroom Feels a little smaller… Because somehow We’ve outgrown The place That helped us grow. ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS 2] [RILEY] Maybe leaving Doesn’t mean forgetting. ⸻ MAYA Maybe growing up Means carrying These memories With us. ⸻ [CHORUS] [BOTH] 🎶 What if I stay? Inside these moments… Just one heartbeat longer. 🎶 🎶 What if tomorrow Isn’t something To be afraid of… But something Worth becoming? 🎶 ⸻ [BRIDGE] (Only piano.) MAYA When we were freshmen… Graduation Felt impossible. ⸻ RILEY Now… It feels Too close. ⸻ [Long pause.] ⸻ MAYA Promise me… No matter where we end up… We’ll remember this place. ⸻ RILEY I don’t think We’ll have a choice. ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS] [Strings soar.] [BOTH] 🎶 What if we leave? What if we fly? What if tomorrow Isn’t really Goodbye? 🎶 🎶 Every ending Leaves a door Open somewhere new… And maybe home Isn’t just a place… Maybe… It’s the people Who walk beside you. 🎶 ⸻ [OUTRO] [They stop outside the school entrance and look back at the building.] MAYA (softly) See you tomorrow? ⸻ RILEY (smiling) Of course. We’ve got time… [They walk off together as the lights fade.]
