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She took
a deep shuddering breath.
“You’re
gonna be around all those brains. Those Yale guys. All wanting to get laid.”
“Hey,
now you’re doing it.”
“I know.
It’s just that I’ve been thinking about it all week. It sucks.”
“Yep.”
“I get
why you can’t come to Nebraska with me. Sort of.”
“We’ve
been over this,” she said.
“I know,
I know.”
“Graduating
from Yale is as big a deal in the writing world as you graduating from Nebraska
is in the football world. You’ll be playing with the best of the best. And I’ll
be competing with the best of the best.”
“I get
it. Don’t have to like it though.”
“Besides,
our parents would kill us.”
“We’re
eighteen. We can do what we want.”
“My
parents would never pay the tuition at Nebraska.”
“If we
got married, maybe you could get a scholarship, too,” he said.
“Nick. I
love you. I’d marry you in a heartbeat. But I don’t want to go to Nebraska. All
my life I’ve been working my butt off to get into Yale. And I made it.”
“It’s
great. I know. But, well. You know.”
“Yeah. I
know.”
They
clung together, sharing body warmth, awash in moonlight until almost daylight.
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Great scene. You can't fault her reasoning either. Sort of sad though.
ReplyDeleteAww...my heart is breaking for them. And long distance relationships stink. Poor kids. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job with their emotion and longing to be together and yet hold onto their career goals. Tender and true.
ReplyDeleteAww, those two are killing me. Great snippet full of emotions!
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