Maple Park
Present
"May the Lord be with you."
"And also, with you."
The bells toll. Mass dismissed.
It's been about two hours since I last checked my email for an update on my college applications. I would've checked again, but...you know. I hate Sunday mornings. If I wanted story time, I could go to the library. I only still go to St. Whatever because my parentals make me.
Well, another X...
2. Check Application Statuses [ x ]
3. Get Me to the Church on Time [ x ]
4. Go...Home? [ ]
Kenzie notices what I'm double-checking as we wait for our parentals to stop talking and get moving. "Anything?"
I shake my head at my phone. "No."
Last night flashes by. Yeah. There's no way Kenzie will go to H.J.M. Who'd turn down Arbourton? Arbourton turns you down.
"I'll get into Arbourton," I tell her. "Don't worry."
Arbour...what? Are we tired? On a high? Because you don't mean it. You were just thinking about H.J.M. shadowing during the sermon.
"Stephen..."
What? ...Why is Kenzie looking at me funny?
How about you tell her the truth?
About what?
Last night? About how you love her because you're scared to lose her because of losing contact with Peter and Jack? That's why, right?
No. It's...last night? Dumb night thoughts. They happen.
Stephen, she's over-the-moon in love with you. I bet if she gets into H.J.M., she'll be going with you. And you'll be happy.
But, she's...no. She means H.J.M. as much as I mean Arbourton.
Okay. You want a push to tell her and talk to her? I'll give you one! Do it! Tell her, Stephen! Here...
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Earhart & Noonan: An "Us Club" Novel (#1)(NaNoWriMo15)
Teen FictionFor the first twelve years of Stephen Vaughn's life, just trying to get others around him to pronounce his first name the right way ("Stee-vehn Vawn") has felt like the hardest task he's had to try and cope with. That is, until his perfect life with...
