"Ugh!" Jade groaned as she struggled to get comfortable beneath the black sheets of her bed.

It was 11:45 pm on Friday night and Jade could not get herself to go to sleep. She was way too anxious for the next morning when her letter from NYU was supposed to come in the mail. She decided to scroll through some posts on TheSlap to keep her mind occupied and hopefully make her brain realize how tired it was. She rolled over from her stomach to her back and began looking through the website. None of them interested her, so she decided to call Beck.

"…hello?" Beck answered in a groggy voice.

"Wake up! I can't sleep." Jade demanded.

"Why not? It's almost midnight." Beck said sitting up in bed to keep himself awake.

"Why doesn't the mail get delivered at midnight? That is technically the beginning of the day." Jade rambled.

"What? Are you all worked up for your letter to come? Is that what this is about?" Beck questioned.

"Yes! Why can't that stupid letter just be here already?!" Jade said in an exhausted tone.

"NYU said it would be here in 6 weeks, and that's not until tomorrow morning. Just relax and get some sleep. That's the only way the morning—and the mail—will get here sooner." Beck reassured her.

"Ugh fine." Jade said as she ended the call.

She flopped back over and stuck some headphones in her ears and connected them to her PearPod. Within minutes, her favorite music soothed her to sleep.

…

As soon as there was any sign of light in Jade's room, her eyes shot open. The slightest glimpse of sun meant it was morning and her letter would be here soon. She checked her phone, 7:03 am, usually; her mail came by 9, at the latest 10. She got up and showered to make the time pass. By the time she came out it was only 7:32 and she was starting to grow impatient. She ran downstairs to check if the mail had come anyway, it hadn't.

Beck woke up to the sound of his phone receiving several text messages from Jade. They all showed just how anxious she was. He replied a calm and reassuring text then woke up and got ready.

It was 9:02 and Jade was pacing her porch. She had been pacing since she got ready and decided to text Beck. When she finally saw the mailman, she stormed up to him and ripped the mail out of his hands.

"What took you so long?!" Jade screeched as she filed through all the junk mail and bills.

"I—I…" The mailman stuttered, and then quickly walked away.

"HEY! Come back here!" Jade chased after him.

"Ye—yes?" The terrified mailman stuttered once again.

"We're missing a letter! There's supposed to be one more piece of mail for our address!" Jade yelled furiously.

"I'm sorry miss, that's all the mail I have for your address." The mailman explained as he walked to the next yard.

Jade was beyond mad. Her letter wasn't in the pile that came, and it had been 6 weeks just like the people at NYU said she should wait. She looked through the mail once again being more careful, but she found nothing. There was no mail on Sundays, and she was not about to wait another week for this letter.

Beck hadn't heard from Jade in a few hours, so he decided to text her to make sure everything was okay. When Jade replied 'Letter lost in mail' Beck new she was probably losing her mind. He asked her if she wanted him to come over, but when she replied that she just wanted to be left alone, he obeyed.

Jade was exhausted from the stressful morning she had, so when she closed her eyes just to relax for a minute, she ended up falling asleep. She awoke a few hours later to the sound of her doorbell followed by several knocks on her front door. Since she was home alone, she knew it was up to her to answer the door. She stomped down the stairs and to the front door then pulled it open.

"Uh…hi Jade." Her 10 year old neighbor began.

"What do you want?!" Jade snapped, still in a bad mood from earlier.

"My mom says we got these by mistake." He answered handing her a small pile of mail.

Jade slammed the door in his face and quickly rummaged through what he had given her. Right in the middle of her mom's magazines and a paycheck sent from her dad's office, was a letter addressed to her. She tore it open, and it read:

Dear Jade West,

Thank you for your interest in New York University, we enjoyed your audition and believe you truly have the potential to be a great addition to our school. We have taken the time to carefully review the judges' scores of your performance, and they are very high. However, we have looked over the transcripts you provided our judges with and we regret to inform you that you are not up to our standards, and we will not be asking you to attend our school.

We do, however, encourage you to get your grades up to our requirements and try again next year. Thank you again for considering New York University!

-NYU Admissions Office

Once Jade finished reading the letter, she could feel her face becoming increasingly hot. She was crushed. The one big dream she had for herself, and she didn't have the grades for it. Her future was ruined and it was all her fault for not paying more attention to her grades in high school. She stomped to her kitchen, kicked over all the stools that were set up at the island near her stove, and stormed back upstairs to her room.

Beck tried to call Jade several times and he even tried to text her, but he never received a reply. He knew Jade could very well take care of herself, but he was starting to worry. He knew how stressed she must have been, because as far as he knew, she hadn't gotten the letter she was so desperately anticipating.

Jade sat in her room crying. She wasn't sad, she was frustrated. Frustrated at the fact that she had no one to blame for this but herself, it was all her fault and now she was forced to just deal with it. What was she supposed to tell her friends? They were all waiting for her letter with just as much anticipation as she was. What would Beck say? They were supposed to do this New York thing together, and now their plan was ruined.

Author's Note: I know you're all probably really upset about the letter, but please don't hate me! In this story, everything happens for a reason, and it is categorized as 'drama', so you'll just have to keep reading to see what's up next. Please continue to review, I really appreciate it!(: