{ Talia }
"Ready?" I asked Kayla and Jazlyn. Jazlyn looked a little nervous, but she nodded as well as Kayla. We looked at the stack of college letters on the bed and sorted through them.
"Bline U?" Kayla asked, holding up a light blue envelope with a cursive 'B'.
"Yup." I said, holding up a matching envelope. Jazlyn shook her head.
"I didn't apply." she told us. We shrugged, counted to three and opened the letter.
"I got it," I smiled.
"Me too!" Kayla smiled, waving the paper.
"Congrats," Jaz said, looking through the rest of her letters. "KU?" she said, holding up the letter.
Kayla and I pulled out the same letter.
"You start." Kayla said, pointing at me.
"Kay ... One ..." I counted.
"Two ..." Jazlyn followed.
"Three!" Kayla shouted.
We opened the letters and read quietly.
"I'm in!" we said, almost at the same time. I can't believe we all got in. I'm not in the top 4% like Kayla and Jazlyn and BU is a good college.
Jazlyn kept reading. "I got a scholarship!" she said, happy.
"Me too!" said Kayla. They high fived.
"Mine is tuition, textbooks and housing." Jazlyn repeated, reading the paper.
"Tuition and textbooks.."
"I got a track scholarship," I said. It wasn't a full ride, but I was happy that I got something. Everything helps. We looked through some more letters. I was accepted to most of the colleges I applied to. Kayla and Jazlyn got into all.
Finally, we stared at the last letter. Draylan University. We crossed our fingers, kissed the envelope, and opened it.
"I'm in!" Jazlyn and Kayla said, after twenty seconds. I kept reading and my face dropped.
"Lia?" Kayla asked, waiting for me to speak. I looked down.
"I'm in!" I screamed. We all got hype and jumped on the bed, ignoring the papers we were stepping on.
"Okay, okay." Kayla said, calming down. "I stopped reading after I saw 'Congratulations, Mrs. Gavens!' and Draylan U is expensive as fuck. I hope I got financial aid 'cause I'm not rich."
We sat back down with our legs crossed and re-opened the letters.
"Omigosh. I got a grant for thirty g's. That's fifteen thousand each semester. I'll only have to pay like three thousand a semester!" she said, bouncing on the bed.
"That's the first time I've ever heard you sound white." I said, laughing at Jaz.
She stuck her tongue out. "Shut the fuck up."
"I got a grant for eight." Kayla announced.
"Eight dollars? That must suck." Jazlyn joked.
"Haha. Eight thousand dollars, hoe." They high-fived.
"What'd you get?" Kayla asked me.
The smile left my face and I looked down. "I didn't get a grant. It says I'm number-" I glanced back at the paper "twenty-one on the waiting list for financial aid and no one gives up financial aid, so basically I'm never getting it. Without it, I can't afford to go Draylan..."
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Love And War (On Hold)
Fiksi Remaja∽ Oиℓу ιи ℓσνє αи∂ ωαя ∽ Jazlyn has had a rough life, to say the least, and growing up in The Brooks didn't help. She decided she wanted more for herself and Alexis. So, she stayed away from the easy money and fast lifestyle everyone else was livin...
