Holstering High School 2 (The Walking Dead Game - Alternative Universe)

24 - College?

"We should go prom dress shopping!" Rachel suggests as we walk through the corridors to our next lesson together.

"Nick hasn't even asked me to prom. Why would I want to buy a dress for it if I don't know if I'm going?" I question.

"Well, do you think Nicks going to ask you?"

"I don't know, I mean we're going out so maybe he just automatically thinks we're going together already." I take an excuse in my head. I had no idea why prom meant so much to me and why this was an issue.

"Why don't you ask him?"

"That's just...weird." I admit, it just didn't seem right.

"Well you and Nick are weird." She smirks as she takes books out of her locker for the math lesson we were heading towards. I manage to laugh at her comment, I guess she was right.

"How about Luke? Has he asked you?" I ask her.

"He did but he didn't do anything special, he just sort of just...asked. I don't mind, I just have a feeling we will be prom king and queen." She says very vainly.

"What makes you say that?" I smile at her enthusiasm.

"Just...I have a feeling" she looks up to the ceiling.

"Well I'll put that 'feeling' into as much reality by voting for you"

"Thanks Clem, it would mean the world to me if I won" we walk into the classroom and do the world's most boring lesson of math.

I hated math. It was certainly one of my least favourite subjects that would probably have very little impact on my adulthood. Even my parents agreed and they were high in the career paths.

"I got an email from your school about prom, are you going?" My mom asked as she sets the dinner table. I take the plates out of her hands and start to do the task myself.

"I think so" I inform her.

"Aren't you going with Nick?" She asks in a concerned voice. She actually liked Nick.

"I should be, we just haven't confirmed it yet." I explain.

"Do you want me to come shopping with you, I'll pay for the dress" she smiles.

"Oh mom, you don't have to do that" I say, my face drops at her kind gesture.

"Prom is one of the most important times of high school. I want you to look your best. I'll buy you the dress."

"Aww mom, really I have enough money to pay for it." I tell her. As much as I appreciated her kind gesture, I didn't exactly like receiving. It made me feel bad.

"Look, we'll go shopping tomorrow and you can choose the one you like. Just don't tell your dad" she laughs.

"Don't tell me what?" A voice says as he walks in through the front door, wearing his tatty clothes from work. He was most likely being a practical engineer today instead of sitting in an office.

"Oh nothing for you to worry about Ed." She smirks at my dad and then winks at me. I loved my mom.

I go and sit down at the dinner table as my mom prepares the dinner to pour onto our plates. Fountaining us with various vegetables. My dad hangs up his jacket on a hook by the door and comes and sits beside me at the table.

"So, have you thought about college?" My dad asks me. Finally, a normal family conversation.

"I'm not sure, I haven't exactly thought about it very much." I admit. The only time I had thought about college was the times when the school had force fed it down our throats for me to try and digest. I would just end up spitting it back up.

"I have high hopes for you Clem, you're smart. You shouldn't ruin your chance of getting into a good college by spending all your time going to parties and spending time with Nick." He says harshly.

"Leave the poor girl alone, it can all be work. At least let her be a teenager" my mom argues, she was always on my side. Well... Most of the time.

"I'm just suggesting" he shrugs.

"Look dad, I can make you a promise. If I go to prom, after that I will sit at home after work and study as hard as I can." I say semi-lying. Problem was my dad always fell for these tricks just because he was so warmhearted inside.

"Prom? When's that?" He asked, suddenly interested in my social life.

"Not tomorrow, but the Saturday afterwards." I inform him of the date.

He rolls his eyes.

"Sooner than I thought, funny story...me and your mom got together on prom, it wa-" he starts to speak but then I begin to groan loudly.

"I've heard this story about 5 million times"

But my dad just continues to talk and talk about the time him and mom got together. Even my mom was sighing by the end of it, he would always bring it up. That and the story of how him and a group of his guy friends snuck into a girls dorm at college and stole all of their underwear. I mean, that's kind of creepy if you ask me.

"And then that's how me and your mom finally got together" he finally finishes the story and me and my mom both let off a sigh of relief in unison.

"How'd you get through college without seeing each other?" I ask them, suddenly the realisation of college hit me.

"We actually both went to the same college luckily"

"Did anyone that went to your school continue a long distance relationship in college?" I ask curiously.

"A few, not many though. If you're worried about Nick, don't be. You'll both be fine, don't let him shorten your choices for college. If you want to go somewhere for far away college, don't not go just because you're scared of leaving him." My dad gives me advice.

I think about what would happen if I had to leave Nick. I didn't know what college he wanted to go to we hadn't exactly discussed it. There wasn't nothing to discuss. If he wanted to go to a college he could, if I wanted to go to one on the other side of the country I could.

But I don't think I could ever keep up a long distance relationship with him though because I would miss him too much. Even speaking to him over the phone or having a conversation with him on the other side of the country would make it worst. It would make me miss him even more. It would suck. I'm dreading the day.