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October 17th, 2027 5 pm Albuquerque, NM
"Tess come on down here." Mom yelled from the top of the stairs as I turned off my computer and walked out of my room.
"Yes mother dear?" I asked her with a coy smile on my face.
"You're sucking up dear girl. Can you help me set the table?" Mom asked me as I smiled.
"Where's Aubrey when you need her?" I asked her as mom rolled her eyes and hit my shoulder.
"Behave, Tess Alexis. She's upstairs doing homework." Mom told me.
"Like I was ten minutes ago?" I asked her as she grinned at me.
"You've been doing homework for the past 2 hours. She just got home so she needs to get it done." Mom told me.
"All right I surrender." I told her holding up my hands in surrender and smiled at her.
"That's the best thing you can do. Always surrender to your mom." Dad told me coming into the kitchen.
"Mom dragged me away from homework just so I could set the table." I told him whining a little bit.
"Aww you poor baby. You'll survive." Dad told me grinning.
"Will you guys save me from Math tomorrow morning?" I asked them rolling my eyes.
"Sorry no can do sweetheart." Mom told me as I smiled at her.
"Damn; why did I sign up to take math my senior year?" I asked them as their eyes went wide.
"Tess Alexis, how many times I have told you to watch your mouth? Your sister and brother do no need to be learning those words." Mom told me as I grinned at her.
"Hey mom, newsflash, they all ready know those words." I told her smiling.
"Wow Tess, you know how to get your full name pulled out within ten minutes of being in the kitchen." Dad said shaking his head at me.
"I've got that magically talent. I thought you guys were the ones who taught that to me." I told them smiling.
"I never did but I know who did." Mom said sneaking a glance in dad's direction.
"It wasn't all me. You had a hand in it too woman." Dad said looking at mom.
"Ok I'm not going to sit here and listen to you guys argue. I'm out of here." I told them as they both looked at me.
"Tess set the table." Mom said pulling dad into the kitchen leaving me in the dining room.
I rolled my eyes and set the plates, silver wear, and the napkins around the table. I walked into the kitchen and rolled my eyes at the sight in front of me.
"Will you two get a room?" I asked slapping my hands on the counter and looking at my parents.
"Well we had a room until someone, who shall be left unnamed, interrupted it." Dad told me grinning.
"Ugg I don't want to hear about your sex life." I told them shuttering at the thought of that aspect of my parents life.
"You don't have to know about our sex life. But we don't want to hear about yours or Nolan's." Dad told me as I rolled my eyes.
"How about I tell you about our nonexistent sex life." I told them grinning.
"Is the table set?" Mom asked me.
"Yeah it's set. You two better not mess it up. It's perfect." I told them smiling.
"Tess go do something." Dad told me leaning down and kissing mom again.
"Basketball is so calling my name." I told them walking into the backyard where dad had installed a full size basketball court.
I picked up the basketball and took a shot. I did a little dance when it went in. I picked it back up and took another shot.
I stayed out there and sat down in the middle of the court. I shook my head and thought about all the times I had spent on that court. Chelsea, Meghan, Alexandra, and I had spent so much time out here. We had been best friends since we were in diapers. Alexandra was Taylor and Chad's oldest daughter and was the same age as me. Chelsea and Meghan's parents had gone to school with my parents. They had been friends since high school.
"Yo Bolton what are you staring at?" I heard a girls' voice call as I turned around and grinned.
"Alexandra Danforth! What brings you by?" I asked her turning as she came walking onto the court.
"Well it's a family dinner tonight so I earned a right to be here." Alexandra told me.
"I guess you did earn a right." I told her as she shook her head at me.
"We've had some good times out here, huh?" Alexandra asked me as I grinned at her.
"I was just thinking about that. Man, your dad and mine had us out here when we were just starting to walk." I told her shaking my head.
"They got their wish that we would one day follow in their footsteps." Alexandra told me.
"I remember the day I played my first basketball game at the high school. Dad was so proud and so happy. He wouldn't shut up about me playing." I told her.
"Dad did the same thing. He was so proud." Alexandra told me.
"Man things are going to change. We're all going to college and our friendships are going to suffer." I told her.
"Well if we end up at the same college then we'll be good. Luckily, all of us are being scouted for the same colleges." Alexandra told me.
"I can't image leaving Albuquerque to go to college. I'm thinking of sticking around." I told her nodding.
"I probably will too. I mean UNC, Duke, and Boston University all are good schools but without my family and friends around, nothing matters. Basketball won't matter unless my parents and siblings come watch me at the games." Alexandra told me.
"Same for me. Besides Jake and Aubrey are home and I don't want to miss out on their lives. Aubrey is just now getting into theatre and Jake is amazing with soccer. I want to cheer and support them just like they did with me and basketball." I told her smiling.
"We're just homebodies who never want to leave." Alexandra told me as the back door opened.
"Are you two going to chit chat all night long or you going to come in so we can eat?" Dad asked from the doorway.
"We're coming in. Hold your horses." I told him walking up the stairs and into the house.
"Finally the princesses come in so we can eat." Uncle Chad announced as I rolled my eyes at him.
"We were having some girl time. Leave us alone dad. You don't have to read in to it." Alexandra told her dad grinning.
"Be nice to your daughter, Chad." Taylor said hitting her dad's shoulder.
"All right put the arguing on hold and quiet down." Dad said holding up his hands.
"All right we invited everyone here tonight just to get everyone together. We've been so busy that we needed a night just to hang out and catch up." Dad said as everyone agreed.
"So with that dig in and keep the conversations going." Mom said by dad's side.
We filled our plates and headed into the dining room. We all took a seat and the conversations started up again.
"So Tess, we heard you had a weird dream." Grandpa started off as I looked in shock at dad.
"You told them?" My voice rose as dad just nodded his head and grinned in my direction.
"Yeah I did." Dad told me as I buried my head in my arm.
"So Tess what was the dream about?" Alexandra asked me enjoying her best friend's pain too much.
"The dream was stupid. I dreamt that mom and dad gave me up for adoption; dad died, and he left me letters to come back and find out about his life through you guys." I told them.
"That sounds messed up." Grandma told me as I smiled at her.
"It was messed up. It was weird." I told them shaking my head.
"How about we change the subject and put Tess out of her misery?" Mom said as I shot her a look of thanks.
The conversation changed and Alexandra and I got into a conversation about school and our boyfriends.
"Tess phone's for you." Jake yelled from the kitchen as I excused myself from the table.
"Hello?" I asked taking the phone from Jake's outstretched hand and putting it to my ear.
"Is this Tess Bolton?" The man on the other end asked as I paced around the kitchen a little.
"This is her. How can I help you?" I asked the man on the other end.
"Yes I think you can. I'm Dave Rowe and I'm calling from the University of North Carolina. We want to offer you a full ride scholarship to play for the Tarheels." Mr. Rowe told me as I smiled.
"Can I think about it and let you know in a couple of weeks?" I asked him.
"Take your time. Just let me know by January 13th. Thanks for your time, Miss Bolton." Mr. Rowe told me.
"Call me Tess. And I will let you know by January 13th." I told him hanging up the phone.
I put the phone on the counter and walked back into the dining room. I sat back down like nothing ever happened with the phone call. I started eating as I felt every eye in the room on me.
"What? There's nothing going on here." I said waving my hand in front of everyone's faces.
"Who was on the phone?" Dad asked me as I smiled at them.
"Oh no one important." I told them trying to hide my smile but was unsuccessful.
"You're hiding something from your dad and me. Tell us." Mom told me as I smiled at them.
"All right. But I'm telling you that was nothing on the phone. A Mr. Dave Rowe called me and offered me a full ride scholarship to play." I told them as their eyes went wide.
"That's something, Tess. What college?" Dad asked me as I grinned at them.
"University of North Carolina." I told them as everyone's faces dropped in shock.
"Tess this is huge." Alexandra told me as I smiled at her.
"Remember our conversation; it probably won't happen." I told her smiling a little.
"But it's still huge, Tess. This is telling you that a big shot college wants you to play for them." Alexandra told me.
"I just hope I make the right decision." I told her as she smiled at me.
"Oh I think you will. You and I both will make the decision." Alexandra told me as I leaned over and hugged her.
The rest of the night we hung out and celebrated my scholarship with UNC. My parents were proud of me and so were the rest of my family that surrounded me. I knew I would make the best decision regarding my future.
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