Alice nervously took the letters. She opened the first one and read it.

"I'm in, but I can't go until next semester." she said aloud.

"Try the next one, honey." Alice opened the second lettter and read it. She grinned.

"I made it in!" Her parents congradulated her.

"You might want to write a letter to your parents, telling them the news." Alice went up to her room and wrote both her parents a letter. It read:

Dear Mom/Dad,

I made it into college! It's not Harvard or Yale like I was hoping for, but they have really cool courses. I kind of want to be a historian.

I'm going to the Halloween dance and I found a very beautiful dress. I feel like a princess in it. I'll send some pictures if you want.

Love you,

Alice

She addressed the envelopes to their current addresses and set them on her desk so she could mail them the next day.

That night, Alice had a strange dream. She was wandering around her old elementary school. She was nervous because it was the first day of school and she didn't know which classroom she had that year. Wait- I don't even go here anymore! I'm going to college next year!

"Hey, college girl." She turned around and suddenly she was back in her room, facing Norm.

"Norm!" she hugged him, burying her face in his chest, breathing in his spicy scent. He ran his fingers through her hair, breathing in her own sweet smell. Then, like it was nothing, he kissed her on the lips. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it made her feel like the whole world disappeared. "I missed you." She whispered.

"Why? I've only been gone a few hours." He whispered back.

"I know, but…" she looked up into his eyes. What am I doing? She thought. He's so much older than me. I can't do this. "…I'm sorry." She backed away from him and everything turned gray. Now awake, Alice looked at her clock and saw it was 5:30 in the morning. She sat there in bed where she thought about her dream.

"17 years of being on my own and I start thinking of love now?" Despite it being so early, Alice got ready for school. By the time she showered and ate breakfast, she still had an hour before school started, so she decided to go to the park for a while. She walked all the way to the park and sat down on a bench. Before long, a man wearing a hoodie sat down next to her. His hood was up, so she couldn't see his face.

"Why are you here so early?" he asked. Alice immediately recognized his voice.

"I thought you would be in Canada by now." Alice said. Norm pulled down the hood, revealing his face.

"How'd you know it was me?" he asked.

"You have a very distinctive voice." She answered.

"Why'd you set me free?" he asked.

"I don't know…I saw it in a movie once."

"After all my experience with humans, I still can't believe how you can be so good and nice... and smart... pretty...Uh..." At that part, Alice blushed.

"What are you trying to say?" she asked him.

"I don't know. I'm just trying to figure you out." he answered. "Oh, and, uh, I got you this." He gave her a beautiful diamond necklace.

"Oh my gosh! It's beautiful!" She stared at it in amazement. "How'd you get it?"

"I found it..." Alice gave him a puzzled look.

"Where'd you find a diamond necklace?" she asked.

"The bottom of the Atlantic." Alice raised an eyebrow. "I tried to get the one the old lady dropped at the end of that movie, but I couldn't find it." He said, while nervously scratching the back of his head. Alice gasped when she realized he was talking about Titanic.

"You went to the bottom of the ocean to give me this?" she asked.

"Well, I know how much you love history, so..." Norm was interrupted when Alice kissed him on the cheek and hugged him.

"Thank you!" Norm hugged her back, a little glad she didn't start lecturing him. As Alice and Norm hugged, Nicole was watching from behind a tree.

"Everything is my business, Licey." she said to herself.