For Senior Year

Giving Character

I did not realize that this is chapter 31 of this book. I was honestly planning for it to end around 35-40 chapters but it looks like this story has taken matters into it's own hands. I still have some things I would like to include in this book sooooo lucky you guys you get a longer story. :)

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*Three weeks into college*

Tatum POV:

I'm only three weeks into college and things are turning out to be much harder than I thought. Since I decided to play D1 lacrosse and come here on scholarship there are a lot of requirements that come with that. Not only do I have to maintain a 3.0 gpa but I also have to practice almost every single day even though our season isn't for another six months.

Believe it or not that isn't even the hardest part. I have to do all of this while trying to win Emily back. Now that classes are in full swing I see her much less. On the rare occasions that I do see her she's typically with Cam but they don't seem as close as they used to be. Something is going on and I need to find out what it is.

That and I have to pick a major still...

They say that I technically have the first two years of college to truly decide my major because I have to get through all the freshmen general education classes anyway but that isn't true for all majors. Some majors like engineers and nurses start their real curriculum in the first semester so if I wanted to be either of those then I am already behind. I am already a year younger than Emily so I am not trying to stay in college even longer than I have too. 

In the chaos that was my breakup with Emily, I had no time to think about what I wanted to do after high school ended. If I didn't have my lacrosse scholarship I wouldn't even be here right now. My parents can't afford to send me to anything but a local community college and right now I only have four years of eligibility to play college lacrosse. I could push for a fifth year but I don't want to do that. Emily already waited three years of high school for me. She isn't going to wait another two years for me to get out of college especially if I can't convince her to give me a second shot before then. I've been leaning towards engineering lately so maybe that's what I'll do but I haven't decided on what kind.

Basically I'm just fucked.

Not to mention it is also currently 5:45am and I am rushing out of the lacrosse house to get to the field for practice. 

I grabbed all of my things and practically ran out of the door. Most of the girls has already left. There were maybe three stragglers including myself still behind. That is not a good look for me. I practically had to beg for my scholarship so if any of the coaches or my teammates start to think that I am slacking off then I could quite literally be off the team.

And off the team means off campus for good. My college career will end before it's really even started.

As I got to the field the soccer boys were walking off. They had 4am practice but it wasn't anything difficult because they have a game later tonight. As I was running in, Sienna's boyfriend Michael was walking out. He was carrying a bag of soccer balls. He wore a huskies soccer workout shirt, plain black shorts, and slides with his soccer socks rolled down at his ankles.

I've met Michael a couple of times between my visits last year and this year now that I am actually a student here. This however is the first time that I've run into him on the fields.

"Hey Tate! You coming to the game today?" He asked with the same bright and genuine smile that he always has. He to gives of golden retriever energy which is why him and Sienna are actually perfect together.