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Tris POV
I slowly tear open the rectangular, cream colored envelope I have been waiting for; it is the moment of truth. I let out a shaky breath and unfold the perfectly pressed paper, it reads:
Dear Miss Beatrice Prior,
We would love to have you as a student here at the University of Chicago. We understand that you are state champion for long and short distance track as well as one of the top graduating students of your class; therefore we would love to offer you a full-ride academic and athletic scholarship to attend our school for the next four years.
Sincerely,
The University of Chicago
Board of Academics
Board of Athletics
President Robert Jeffrey Zimmer
A lone tear rolled its way down my cheek, meeting my lip and releasing a salty flavor onto my tongue. I cried because I knew that my parents wouldn't be able to pay for some the schools I enrolled in, and I got a full-ride to the University of Chicago. It locked in my fate of going there I was both screaming with excitement and sadness within my head, but the cringe of where I was know going to go to school took over me. I knew that most of my friends were going there anyways, if not there then DePaul, but the reason my tear's saltiness tasted so bitter was because I knew the boy I had come to realize I was in love with, told me he wasn't going even enroll at the University of Chicago. He simply told me, with a suspiciously calming and saddening voice, that he wasn't going to go there because he wanted even more football opportunities, plus he wanted to be in the Golden State. It crossed my mind that we could go to Berkeley together, I could take some really good academic classes and he could be involved in football, but it didn't seem right for me to run so far away from the family I loved. That's another thing, Tobias was born in a little town called Dana Point, and while on a trip up to Northern California his family got into a wreck and he lost the only parent that truly loved him. In Marcus Eaton's, Tobias' father, attempt to escape the abusive memories of his late wife, he moved the family out to Chicago where he could start over. But instead of providing the love and care that this 7-year old boy needed, he simply told him that as long as he had a small house, food, a phone, and a driver he would be fine. Even at that boy's age he would be gone all day; arrive home near 9:30 and leave at around 6; really only coming home to make sure his son wasn't yet dead. By the age of 16 Tobias was completely alone, only to be visited for one weekend every other month; this boy was spoiled rotten, yet deprived of all love. Tobias had told me ever since we were kids that when we grew up and went to college, he was going to go back to Northern California so he could be closer to his mother. Anyways, it crushed me that I knew already that in the next three months, the boy I was completely and utterly in love with was going to be torn away from me. I t made me want to burn the letter, say I hadn't gotten in, and spontaneously move to California, but I knew that deep in my heart, I would truly love this college and there was no way I could turn it down.
Tobias POV
I opened my mailbox to find a single white envelope waiting for me. A rush of excitement sprouted through me, and I clumsily grabbed the envelope and ran to my kitchen and sat. I opened and read the letter:
Dear Mr. Four Eaton,
We would love to have you as a student here at the University of Chicago. We understand that you are a nationally ranked Football player as well as a 3.5 GPA student; therefore we would love to offer you a full-ride athletic and academic scholarship to attend our school for the next four years.
Sincerely,
The University of Chicago
The Board of Athletics
The Board of Academics
President Robert Jeffrey Zimmer
I pumped my fist with a burst of enthusiasm and quickly brought myself back to the issue at hand- how am I going to trick Tris into thinking that I'm going to like, UCLA or something, then surprise her…time to get Zeke into this. I pulled out my phone and quietly asked Siri to call Zeke for me, while a sneaky smile crept its way along my face.
"Hey man, what's up?" Zeke asked with his sleepy, hazed voice.
"We need to make a plan. I got accepted to the University of Chicago and I'm sure Tris did to and I want to tell her I'm going somewhere else, then surprise and it literally has to perfect…ideas?" I said as simply as possible.
"Well that's a long and confusing plan but ya, maybe we have a movie day sometime this weekend, then we can have like a plan to talk about college…shit, I've got it. We talk about college then when she gets all disappointed and you tell her that you love her, you do right? Well anyways then you guys can make out or do whatever you want and then after all of that we go t dinner and you surprise her with all of your real plans and how we can get like a guys apartment and a girls apartment and then everything will work out, okay?" Zeke explained this in a hurried sense, ideas shrilling out of him all at once.
"Perfect, we can get the details figured out later then?"
"Yep. Oh, and I recommend we watch a horror movie to get them all cuddled up into our arms…what about Silence of the Lambs?" Zeke said, obviously occupied by where that situation could go.
"Well, I guess we will go hardcore horror then…why not? Ok I'll see you at practice later…bye Zeke."
"See ya Four."
I tapped the end button and butterflies entered my stomach, this is going to be one hell of a weekend.
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