Don't Blame Me: Genius

Im Just A Girl

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~Hope POV~

Friday Morning

I was so thankful for the opportunity, I woke up incredibly early. The college fair didn't start until noon, I was up at nine.

I climbed out of bed, walked across the room into the bathroom. The bright light struck my face when I turned on the light. I turned back the shower curtain with the intent of turning on the water, but then my phone rang. "Hey hey hey", I greeted my friend over the phone.

Malia laughed, "Hey lady, I was just seeing if you were up early enough to go get breakfast," she said hopefully.

"Yeah, I mean let me just shower and get dressed and I'll meet you somewhere," I gave Malia a sure answer. We said our goodbyes over the phone and I continued with my routine.

I needed something professional to wear to the college fair. I'm a senior, I should have something by now growing up, but i'm just a girl.

I had remembered I had a purple striped, strapless, two piece set suit in the back of my closet. I threw it on and paired it with white high top converse. I stepped back into the bathroom to curl my hair. The thought of Tess rested in my head. It was about eleven am right now, she had to be at work at noon so she should be awake already.

I scrolled through my IPhone call log and clicked 'Girlfriend'. The phone rang but went straight to voicemail, I tried again. Come to realize that Tess' phone was set on do not disturb. "What the hell?," I spoke out loud. "When did she start doing that?,"I stared at the phone in confusion. "Whatever I have to go,".

I met Malia at 'Moovie Bites' for breakfast. We were running late so we ordered our breakfast to go. "What are you getting?," Malia asked me.

"Umm I'll probably just get like a breakfast brownie, a regular water and flavored one as well," I answered, still contemplating.

"Okay wow, we love a hydrated queen," Malia let out a laugh.
I joined in, "You are so silly. What are you getting?," I asked Malia.

"Coffee definitely. The blueberry muffin sounds okay, but just okay," Malia replied with a shrug. I huffed out a laugh.

Friday Afternoon

The college fair had started, so we were late. When I pulled up to the building I had seen multiple stands put up, along with at least two hundred plus humans and I'd hope that they hadn't run out of flyers, papers and cards to give out. Malia and I waited for Tess to meet us at the first stand then we all agreed to meet back there after we were finished looking.

Tess and I rummaged through the college stands together. We went up and down each sidewalk looking at schools. Throughout this search I found a few colleges I felt were right for me. I got a few papers from, Ethic Law Academy, LoveBurn University, and Law Point University. Tess came out with a few papers from LoveBurn Uni. Tess tried to make out like she was looking hard but I don't think she was very much interested.

"Here. Let's momentize this with a picture," I chuckled. I then pulled out my phone to snap a photo. Tess made a kissing gesture as I smiled big. "Oh my goodness, you are so cute," Tess said before she kissed me.

There was one more booth that I had missed. I decided to walk over to this booth labeled 'Female Police Academy'. It was a school just for policewomen, a backup for my backups. I went to speak to the nice advisor at the stand.

"Hi, could you tell me about your academy?," I asked kindly.

"Of course! So, we are located in LoveBurn. Our training session is five months long. We would like at least a 3.0 gpa as well as fitness," she spoke with excitement.

"During the time you train, you'll be working with police dogs, drugs, and firearms. You will also become a police officer as soon as you graduate. Here are some top graduates," the advisor handed me examples of their top students from the past. I paused at one of them.

"Elizabeth James. She was one of the best, she's now a detective. Do you know her?," the adviser asked me.

I huffed out a laugh, "Something like that... thank you for the papers,".
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Tess and I went to meet Malia at our original place. It was hot, and we were tired. Malia suggested going to the cafeteria for a late lunch as they were serving lunch to all the interns and students that had arrived.

We took a seat at a circular table with our turkey sandwiches and apple juices. I was about to take a bite when, "Ladies. Did you look at a few good colleges?," Mr Fallen found us.

"Yeah actually, this was a great experience. Thank you for letting me know about this," I said to him genuinely.

"Now Malia. Did you find you something good?," he spoke to her with a stern tone, mixed with a Chad face. He was tough. I separated myself from the heated argument I know was about to happen, pulling Tess along with me.

"Well I know this weather isn't ideal to look at colleges in but at least lunch," I smiled. "Babe, thank you for coming here and being supportive." I tried to pull Tess into a hug but was interrupted.

"-Hope, come here please!," Mr Fallen called for me. Is he being serious right now? I'm kind of busy.

"Hey, sit right here for a second and I'll be right back okay? Just one second," I assured Tess. She nodded in agreement with me.
I walked over to the Fallens. Hopefully I wasn't being pulled into their argument. It was true, they were having a whole different discussion.

"Yes?," I spoke cautiously.
"Hope, tell Malia that LoveBurn High isn't a bad school, it's just one year,"
It then hit me that Malia was a senior and was also going to be starting at LoveBurn high with us.
"Umm yeah. Everyone is pretty friendly, the teachers are good but hey if you get scared you always have me," I huffed out a laugh.
"Well now I'm convinced...since I have you," Malia smiled as she slid her hand down my arm.

I turned away to walk back over to Tess but she was gone. She left her lunch sitting on the table with a napkin beside it. It read "Sorry I missed lunch, I hope yours was good,". I took out my phone to dial her number, no answer. I have to go to her.