I was still so excited to be Bart's fiancee. I couldn't wait to tell my friends the news. Some of them aren't around with us. Claudia is the only one who attends Stoneybrook Community College with us. She's studying to be an artist. She already won first place in the art show and has her own art and gallery shop. She plans to continue to do so when we're done with college. She doesn't plan to move anywhere right now.
We're having another art show in May as a final exam. She still wants to do it and if she wins again, she'd have a new art set according to her art teacher. Art stuff is a part of her grade. She has been taking classes that weren't hard for her. She likes it that way.
That night, my friends, who were visiting, and I gathered around at a diner. Stacey is studying to be an accountant at a New York City college. She stays with her father to save money for the dorms. She loves math. She's visiting for the weekend Jessi is studying to be a dancer in Stamford, so she lives with her family instead of staying there. Mallory is studying to be a writer in Hartford and is also here for the weekend. Dawn wasn't with us though. She goes to college in California to be a nutritionist. It's the same college where Sharon went. She was sent there by her parents.
Mary Anne told me she was going to tell Dawn on the phone and I didn't mind.
"Are you going us at the mall?" I asked.
"I wish, but I still have to study for Monday. Cameron's with Penny so you can join them," said Mary Anne.
"Want me to get him on my way back?" I asked.
"Yes, please. Thanks," said Mary Anne.
At the mall, I said, "I have news."
"What?" asked Jessi.
"I'm getting married next year," I replied.
"No way," said Stacey.
"Good for you," added Mallory.
I told them everything.
"We're happy for you," said Claudia.
"How come Mary Anne isn't here with us?" asked Jessi.
"She would like to join us, but she had to study for a test on Monday. Cameron is with Penny at this time. She offered to watch him while I'm here with you girls," I answered. "I told her I'd get him on the way home."
"That's good," said Mallory.
"It's good to have support system," said Stacey.
"I know," I said.