"Look Ashley I can explain-"

"How can you explain this Spencer?! Are you thinking about joining the army?"

"Well…..maybe. I'm not really sure right now."

"Out of all things why the fucking army?!"

"Look I don't know okay! All I did was talk to the guy about it a little and he gave me the brochure! It's not that big of a deal!"

"Yes it is Spencer! Honestly tell me….are you thinking about doing this?"

"……yes."

"Why?"

"What else can I do Ashley? I don't have any talents or anything."

"What are you talking about? You do have talents."

"Like what?"

"Like…..you're really good at science."

"Well what could I possibly do with that?"

"There are a ton of things you could be that involve science. You could be a doctor, and oceanographer, a computer technician. Spencer there's so many things you can do."

"But Ashley I don't want to do any of those things. I don't know what I want to do. This could be good for me. I could get money for college and maybe by that time I would know what I want."

"Spencer do you realize how hard it is to be in the army?!"

"No but I could do it. Ashley why are you so against this? Is it because you wouldn't see me for awhile? What is it?"

"You could die Spencer!!"

"W-what?"

"Spence…..if you go….you could die. Please don't go. Please. Don't sign up." I went up and hugged her. She really doesn't want me to go.

"Okay……I won't sign up." By now she was crying. I felt so bad for scaring her so much. "Come here baby. Let's lay down."

2 days later

DING DONG

Oh great the doorbell. I get up off my bed and go downstairs to answer the door.

"Hey Ash"

"Oh, hey Spencer. I thought you weren't coming over until later."

"Well I wasn't until I found these in the mail," she says holding up some big envelopes

"What are they?"

"The letters from the colleges telling me if I got in or not," she says walking into my living room. "Have you gotten yours yet?"

"Yeah actually I did but I was waiting until you got yours so we could open them together." I say grabbing my envelopes off of the table.

"Okay so which one should we open first?"

"Okay so you applied to Princeton, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and Boston College?"

"Yeah and you applied to USC, UNC, and Stanford?"

"Yep. So I'll open USC and you open Yale okay?"

"Alright." I open my leader and read the first line. My eyes got huge.

"I got in!"

"Me too! Ahhh!" We hugged really tight and then I kissed her hard.

"I'm so proud of you Spencer."

"Me too Ash."

We continued opening our letters. I also got into UNC and Spencer got into Princeton, Harvard, and Boston College.

"Okay so now let's open the Stanford letters."

"Stanford is the one I want most."

"Me too. Hey if we both get in we'll be going to college together!"

"Yeah let's just hope we both get in. On 3 okay? 1,2,3." I opened it and read the first line. The biggest smile in the world crossed me face. I guess Spencer got in too because she's doing some sort of victory dance on the couch.

"I got in! I got in! Did you?"

"Yeah I did! We're going to college together!"

I pulled her down to the ground and wrapped her in a hug. This is one of the happiest moments of my life.