I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Julie's Point of View-
I went into my room grasping my laptop along with the disks and cords going out to the living room plugging it in and rested the laptop onto the coffee table turning the laptop on to use.
"Anyone else want something to drink?" I asked.
"I'll have some water please." Wade said as I turned to Drew who was walking down the hall with the garment bag thrown over his shoulder like before.
"Beverage?" I asked.
"Water…" Drew said as I nodded heading into the kitchen grabbing some water bottles bringing them out to the living room walking over handing Wade one.
"Thanks sis." Wade said as I nodded as I walked over climbing over Drew's lap, Drew claimed the seat beside the one in front of my laptop and his garment laid over the back of the couch as I pulled the laptop on my lap logging onto the desktop and put in the chip from my camera copying them onto my desktop and opened the new folder with the photos I just copied. Drew and I went through each photo together marking the ones he liked. I went back editing those photos touching them up some along with going with the action shots with him wrestling the past weekend burning it to a disk for him handing it to him.
"You going to tell him?" Drew asked.
"Maybe tomorrow after I get the paperwork and learn more about it." I said.
"This contract looks pretty good…you will be getting the same pay I got when I started out so you are lucky…" Wade said.
"That's good." I said smiling.
"I'll wait and sign it this weekend." Drew said.
"He wants it signed by this weekend." I said.
"He's eager for you to get into the ring." Drew said.
"I guess….I don't know why…" I said shrugging, "Did Stephan text you about carpooling tomorrow?" I asked looking over at Drew.
"Yeah, he is picking me up…" Drew said.
"Okay…" I said nodding.
"Speaking of which, go put on your cap and gown on so I can snap a picture of you to send our parents." Wade said.
"Do I have to?" I asked.
"Yes, I want one too." Drew said as I let out a growl putting my laptop onto the coffee table going to my room pulling my cap and gown on walking out awkwardly.
"Aw…" Wade said.
"Don't awe me…." I said offensively.
"I say you can rock that color." Drew said.
"It's Nyquil green." I said disgusted as they both laughed as Wade pulled out his phone snapping a photo of me with it and Drew did the same. "May I take it off?" I asked.
"Yes." Wade said as I went back to take it off and came back to the living room.
"I'm going to get going, I have to go grocery shopping and shopping in general." Drew said.
"Okay, thanks for coming over…" Wade said.
"No problem, next time I come over I won't be here just for photos…" Drew said smiling.
"Please…maybe next week we'll have a bar-be-que." Wade said smirking.
"That sounds awesome." I said.
"Don't get all excited at once." Drew said jokingly as I playfully slapped him.
"You two play nice…we'll see…" Wade said.
"I'll walk you to your car." I said as I opened the door for him as he walked out and I followed him to his parked car that was in the driveway. "I want to say thank you…"
"For what?" Drew asked.
"Earlier…for looking out for me and looking at the bigger picture…I owe you." I said.
"No worries…you'll do the same for me, hopefully." Drew said as he shut the backseat door that he just tossed his garment bag into.
"Don't get used to me saying this…and giving you a hug willingly." I said giving him a hug, I felt him wrap his muscled arms around me holding me close to his hard frame. "You are quite hard…" I said as I stepped back.
"Thank you?" He asked confused.
"You're welcome…drive safe and I'll see you tomorrow." I said smiling as I pushed a strand of hair behind my ear before I turned around walking back along the cemented path to the door that led me inside the house. I plopped down on the couch opposing from Wade trying to think of a way to tell Wade about this whole museum chaos without him finding out the hard way tomorrow, I mean it's nothing bad so I should just blurt it out and I know he will be just as excited as Drew was because Drew is his best friend and they always act just a like, they were inseparable, Stephan has always been the odd one out of the three of them but yet he fit right on in somehow. I pulled my laptop onto my lap as I popped up the internet and began researching what was to be done in the process of getting photos ready to be hung in museums and more information about said museum, if my photos are to be hung there I should know more about it. Time seemed to slowly slip by, I got up after I shut my laptop down, I closed it when it was fully shut down and left it on the coffee table to rest there as I went into the kitchen making myself dinner as Wade was already in there making himself a meal. I just made myself a sandwich with some carrots and ranch that we had, I took my plate to the dining room table that was between the kitchen and the living room. Wade walked out of the kitchen and saw me just sitting there, I stared at the wood floor that was exposed and zoned out from what was taking place, I had yet to take a bite of any of the food on my plate.
"Everything okay?" Wade asked as I snapped my head looking up at my tall older brother.
"Yeah…why?" I asked.
"I don't know…I mean, you are sitting at the dining room table that we haven't used since the moment we bought it, you are staring at the wood floor zoned out and you haven't touched your food…" Wade said as he walked over sliding into a chair across from me setting his plate down that held a grilled cheese which looked amazing.
"I'm just thinking…"
"About what?" Wade asked.
"What do you think of museums?" I asked curiously as I finally grabbed a carrot dipping it into the ranch I had poured onto my plate.
"What kind of museums are you talking about? Like history museums, art museums, like classify it." Wade asked.
"Art museums."
"They are okay, I'm not into the arts like you but I have no problem with them. I went with you to that one museum in town…I can't remember the name of it…it was pretty cool…" Wade said as he took a bite of his food.
"What would you say if my photos were to be hung in one?" I asked curiously.
"I will be extremely proud of you, I would think it was amazing…isn't that what most photographers or artists want? Their pieces displayed for everyone to see?" Wade asked as he made a point. "What's with all this museum thing anyway?" Wade asked.
"That museum wants my work so they can hang it in their new exhibit hall they are doing…" I said honestly.
"That's great!" Wade said.
"Honestly?" I asked pushing a strand of hair behind my ear.
"Yeah…you are going to be famous…my sister is going to be in a museum!" Wade said and he sounded more excited than I was about the whole thing.
"I should do it then."
"Most definitely. Have you decided what photos or do you not know yet?" Wade asked.
"No not yet…my teacher is supposed to give me all the information and such tomorrow at graduation…I'm kind of scared." I said.
"Why are you scared?"
"What if she is lying and I get my hopes up? What if they don't like my photos? What if-" I began to rant and try to put everything to words.
"Hold the phone…when have we ever worried about things out of our control? Look, Julie, they obviously like what they have seen thus far if they want you to put your work in their museum and if they don't like a certain photo I'm sure they will make it known that they don't want it hung in their museum, you just got to understand that they may not like every photo you bring to them. If I was you, don't worry about it as much as this wrestling contract you have, let's be honest for a moment because yes this is a big deal, it's a museum displaying your work that may lead to bigger and brighter things, I'm truly proud of you and flabbergasted that it's happening for you, I'm excited and it's not even me, but I will worry more about wrestling because let's be honest you can get injured and you know how painful it is. I worry about you and you know that right?" Wade asked.
"I know Wade…but you trained me mostly, I learned from the best there could be, you, Drew and Stephan…I'm not so much worried about wrestling as I should be, it's like a second nature to me…."
"I know but you need to keep your mind focused…I'm real glad everything is going for you…see it didn't take you that long to get what you wanted…" Wade said as he reached across the table to ruffle my hair but I swatted his hand away.
"Don't think about it Stuart." I said sternly.
"Going with my full name now?" Wade asked smirking cockily.
"If I have to." I said smiling. "Do you think they will really put you and I together?" I asked curiously as I ate another carrot.
"Maybe…depends on what creative thinks of for you…for all we know they may just throw you straight into the diva's division or send you to the developmental here in Florida."
"Either or…" I said shrugging.
"You ready for tomorrow?" Wade asked.
"As ready as I ever could be…all I'm doing is walking across a stage." I said shrugging.
"Don't fall like Drew did."
"Drew fell?" I asked wanting to laugh.
"Yeah, he fell at his high school graduation from what he told me…luckily it was down the steps after he made it across the stage but still…" Wade said as I just burst into laughter right then and there.
"I have to use this…" I said pulling out my phone to text him.
"Don't text him, I promised him I wouldn't tell anyone." Wade said as he reached over snagging my phone from me.
"How come no one told me this until now?"
"Because we knew you would use it to your advantage to harass the man…you two use dirt like this against each other." Wade said.
"We have calmed down as of late…" I said honestly as I ate at another carrot.
"You have, I think you both have matured…"
"Thanks…he still gets on my nerves sometimes…" I said.
"I bet he does…" Wade said as we continued eating our food before I got up going to my room to put up my laptop and put things together to be ready to use in the morning before I went to the college.
"Wade?!" I yelled down the hall before I continued walking down it.
"What?" Wade yelled back.
"I got to be at the college early tomorrow, you okay driving me and finding something to do in town until the graduation starts?"
"Why can't I hang around the campus with you? You can introduce me to your friends or teachers…."
"If you want, but it'll be boring…I think there will be free food…"
"I'm there, I love food especially when it's the free kind." Wade said as I chuckled.
"Okay, but can you at least dress up somewhat?"
"Yes ma'am…and I've been to graduations before, I know how to dress." Wade said.
"Okay…I'm going to be in my room for rest of the night if you need me." I said.
"Okay, good night sis." Wade said.
"Night brother, I love you." I said as I turned around heading back down the hall running fingers along the wall.
"Love you too sis!" Wade said after me as I smiled before I went into my room closing the door behind me and made sure the door was locked as I climbed onto my bed where I began to paint my toe nails and finger nails along with putting the night facial cream onto my face for me to sleep with. I fell asleep hoping that I didn't roll over and get said cream on my pillows as I tried to sleep peacefully.