Ok guys, to make it up to you for not updating FOREVER, here's a new
chapter coming right on the heels of the last one!
Lilmisswriter: I'm glad you liked it. I thought about making it a fight, but couldn't picture Cory and Shawn coming to blows.
Bop 1997: It really was about time, lol. When I finished Saying Goodbye I already had that chapter started, but then I got busy and let it go. I'm glad you liked the addition though.
Blonde-Angel: Glad you felt it was right on target, I thought so too.
Ok Guys, here you go!
"You have to go to college Shawn!" Angela said, "I don't care how great of an apprenticeship job this is, it won't make up for the lack of a college education!"
Shawn, Angela, and Cory were all crowded into a booth at Chubbies, opened college acceptance letters in front of them. All three had been accepted into Pennbrook University, and Angela and Cory were already planning to attend. Lauren, though absent from this gathering had called Cory a couple days before to tell him that she too had gotten into Pennbrook and planned to go. Things were gelling for the gang; expect Shawn wasn't going along with the plan. About 3 weeks had elapsed since Cory had returned home from Drums, and in that time Shawn had gotten a part-time apprenticeship job with a local photographer. He loved the job and the money, and he was beginning to wonder if he needed college after all.
"It's easy for you guys to talk about college, you both have parents who can largely foot the bill. I don't know how Chet plans to pay for my education, though of course he says he "has a plan." It might just be easier if I let this job jumpstart my career instead. In two years I'll have a certification, then I can get a job as a photographer just about anywhere, making good money! Is that so horrible?"
"Not if you want to work at Wal-Mart taking pictures of people's babies for the rest of your life." Cory replied, "You want more from life than that Shawn, I know you to well! Lauren's parents aren't paying a dime towards her college education either, but she's finding a way to make it through."
"Well, it's a heck of a lot easier when you're at the top of your class. Lauren's what, 3rd or 4th? I bet she has the scholarships and grants just rolling in. I didn't care much about education in high school, neither did you Cory. I'm surprised we got into Pennbrook at all, if the dean hadn't been married to Feeny I don't know if we would have."
"She's third, but that isn't the point. She isn't getting all the money you'd think Shawn, and a lot of it is based on her keeping those stellar grades. That's really hard to do you know. Angela, will you talk some since into that man of yours? He isn't listening to me." Another thing that had happened in the three weeks since Cory's return was the growth of a real friendship between him and Angela. He'd approached her soon after his talk with Shawn, and they'd come to an agreement. They'd been working hard ever since to really get to know each other.
"He's not listening to me either if you want the truth. Baby, you have to go to college, for our future together if nothing else. I want our relationship to be an equal partnership, and we both need to have a college education for that to happen. Besides, Cory's right, you'd never be happy with the kind of jobs a certification could give you, not for the rest of your life. You got into Pennbrook, that's so great! Don't waste the opportunity. Anyway, don't you want to share the college experience with me?"
"Ok, ok, I get it! If you two will leave me alone I'll promise to consider going to Pennbrook, all right? Can we talk about someone else please?"
Cory and Angela shared a smile. They knew that Shawn's outburst meant they had most likely won that battle; he'd be joining them at Pennbrook in the fall.
It was then that Cory decided to ask a question that was burning inside him; he just hoped it wouldn't be too awkward. "What's Topanga planning?" He said in a small voice, barely above a whisper. He couldn't help it, he'd been thinking about her so much lately, seeing her in the halls, watching her talk with Shawn and Angela. He wanted desperately to join in their conversations, but felt unable. He was afraid to approach her; everything he'd been hearing made him feel as if any attempt he made would be thwarted, that she wasn't ready to talk to him yet. "I hope that changes soon, before we graduate and I lose the chance forever" he thought to himself
Shawn and Angela exchanged a look. Unbeknownst to Cory they had shared an experience similar to this one with Topanga earlier that day. Being the weekend, they'd planned lunch with Topanga and dinner with Cory. It was hard when your two best friends weren't speaking, it complicated things.
"Well she's had some good news and some bad news on the college front." Angela started in "She got into Pennbrook like us, as well as Penn State and a couple other local university's. She got waitlisted at Yale, as a winter admission, she was really hoping to get in. There's still a chance, but even is she does get in she'll have to go somewhere else for the first semester of freshman year, and she's not sure if it's worth going to Yale at all with that being the case. So she's a bit bummed out."
"I'm so sorry to hear that. Where is she planning to go?"
"Most likely Pennbrook, that way she figures she can be with her friends anyway."
"Oh, well that's good. So it seems we'll all be staying together then huh?"
"Yea Cor, that's about the size of it. Man, graduation is in a month, can you believe it? Shawn said "Soon we'll be done with high school."
"Yes, and on to college. That means you to Shawn!" Cory responded with a smile. He was thankful Shawn had steered the conversation away from Topanga again, it was getting much to heavy. "So let's celebrate!"
With that the three friends toasted endings and beginnings and settled down to enjoy a cozy celebration of acceptance.
Another short chapter, but it is the next to the last. Two more to go if nothing changes, next up Graduation!
Lilmisswriter: I'm glad you liked it. I thought about making it a fight, but couldn't picture Cory and Shawn coming to blows.
Bop 1997: It really was about time, lol. When I finished Saying Goodbye I already had that chapter started, but then I got busy and let it go. I'm glad you liked the addition though.
Blonde-Angel: Glad you felt it was right on target, I thought so too.
Ok Guys, here you go!
"You have to go to college Shawn!" Angela said, "I don't care how great of an apprenticeship job this is, it won't make up for the lack of a college education!"
Shawn, Angela, and Cory were all crowded into a booth at Chubbies, opened college acceptance letters in front of them. All three had been accepted into Pennbrook University, and Angela and Cory were already planning to attend. Lauren, though absent from this gathering had called Cory a couple days before to tell him that she too had gotten into Pennbrook and planned to go. Things were gelling for the gang; expect Shawn wasn't going along with the plan. About 3 weeks had elapsed since Cory had returned home from Drums, and in that time Shawn had gotten a part-time apprenticeship job with a local photographer. He loved the job and the money, and he was beginning to wonder if he needed college after all.
"It's easy for you guys to talk about college, you both have parents who can largely foot the bill. I don't know how Chet plans to pay for my education, though of course he says he "has a plan." It might just be easier if I let this job jumpstart my career instead. In two years I'll have a certification, then I can get a job as a photographer just about anywhere, making good money! Is that so horrible?"
"Not if you want to work at Wal-Mart taking pictures of people's babies for the rest of your life." Cory replied, "You want more from life than that Shawn, I know you to well! Lauren's parents aren't paying a dime towards her college education either, but she's finding a way to make it through."
"Well, it's a heck of a lot easier when you're at the top of your class. Lauren's what, 3rd or 4th? I bet she has the scholarships and grants just rolling in. I didn't care much about education in high school, neither did you Cory. I'm surprised we got into Pennbrook at all, if the dean hadn't been married to Feeny I don't know if we would have."
"She's third, but that isn't the point. She isn't getting all the money you'd think Shawn, and a lot of it is based on her keeping those stellar grades. That's really hard to do you know. Angela, will you talk some since into that man of yours? He isn't listening to me." Another thing that had happened in the three weeks since Cory's return was the growth of a real friendship between him and Angela. He'd approached her soon after his talk with Shawn, and they'd come to an agreement. They'd been working hard ever since to really get to know each other.
"He's not listening to me either if you want the truth. Baby, you have to go to college, for our future together if nothing else. I want our relationship to be an equal partnership, and we both need to have a college education for that to happen. Besides, Cory's right, you'd never be happy with the kind of jobs a certification could give you, not for the rest of your life. You got into Pennbrook, that's so great! Don't waste the opportunity. Anyway, don't you want to share the college experience with me?"
"Ok, ok, I get it! If you two will leave me alone I'll promise to consider going to Pennbrook, all right? Can we talk about someone else please?"
Cory and Angela shared a smile. They knew that Shawn's outburst meant they had most likely won that battle; he'd be joining them at Pennbrook in the fall.
It was then that Cory decided to ask a question that was burning inside him; he just hoped it wouldn't be too awkward. "What's Topanga planning?" He said in a small voice, barely above a whisper. He couldn't help it, he'd been thinking about her so much lately, seeing her in the halls, watching her talk with Shawn and Angela. He wanted desperately to join in their conversations, but felt unable. He was afraid to approach her; everything he'd been hearing made him feel as if any attempt he made would be thwarted, that she wasn't ready to talk to him yet. "I hope that changes soon, before we graduate and I lose the chance forever" he thought to himself
Shawn and Angela exchanged a look. Unbeknownst to Cory they had shared an experience similar to this one with Topanga earlier that day. Being the weekend, they'd planned lunch with Topanga and dinner with Cory. It was hard when your two best friends weren't speaking, it complicated things.
"Well she's had some good news and some bad news on the college front." Angela started in "She got into Pennbrook like us, as well as Penn State and a couple other local university's. She got waitlisted at Yale, as a winter admission, she was really hoping to get in. There's still a chance, but even is she does get in she'll have to go somewhere else for the first semester of freshman year, and she's not sure if it's worth going to Yale at all with that being the case. So she's a bit bummed out."
"I'm so sorry to hear that. Where is she planning to go?"
"Most likely Pennbrook, that way she figures she can be with her friends anyway."
"Oh, well that's good. So it seems we'll all be staying together then huh?"
"Yea Cor, that's about the size of it. Man, graduation is in a month, can you believe it? Shawn said "Soon we'll be done with high school."
"Yes, and on to college. That means you to Shawn!" Cory responded with a smile. He was thankful Shawn had steered the conversation away from Topanga again, it was getting much to heavy. "So let's celebrate!"
With that the three friends toasted endings and beginnings and settled down to enjoy a cozy celebration of acceptance.
Another short chapter, but it is the next to the last. Two more to go if nothing changes, next up Graduation!