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“Well, I’m off,” Baron announced. “Good luck finding a job.”
I looked up from my laptop. “Thanks, man. I’ll let you know if I find one, and what my schedule will be like, so that you can be aware of my comings and goings.”
“Nah, don’t worry about it,” he said, heading towards the door. “Since I’m probably going to be all over the place with classes and practice, as long as we each remember to lock the door on our way out, then I’m good.”
He was out the door before I could respond to that, but locking the door I could do. His easy comments were also just another reminder that I’d lucked out this year. Baron Memphis wasn’t a douchebag, and I really couldn’t have asked for more.
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Alexandria~
Like a fool, I felt relieved. With the first week of college under my belt, I was starting to feel way better about the whole situation, and I could even admit to being a little embarrassed by my personal dramatics earlier. Now that I knew what it was like to get a taste of classes and the people, life didn’t feel so daunting anymore. In fact, I even felt comfortable enough to start looking for a job. While I had plans to party and have a good time just like any college student, I needed something to ground me, and that would be a job.
So, with my laptop open, the Want Ads up on my screen, I looked for something that would fit my schedule. In a perfect world, everything would balance out perfectly, but we didn’t live in a perfect world. Even though my life was good, it was time to brace the pitfalls of adulthood, something that I hoped that I could do without having to run to my parents for help.
“I still can’t believe that you’re looking for a job.” I looked up to see Jessica cracking her neck, waking from her nap. Unlike me, she was hitting the partying scene with all cylinders firing. “I mean, you said that your tuition was all paid for, so what’s the point?”
“I’d like money to do things,” I answered. “My parents sacrificed a lot to make sure that I could afford college, so the least I could do is get a job, so that I don’t have to mooch off them anymore.”
“It’s not mooching,” she huffed. “They’re your parents. They’resupposedto take care of you.”
Jessica Branch and I were from two different worlds. Even though her parents weren’t wealthy, they still had money, and Jessica expected them to financeallher expenses while in college. While I wouldn’t say that she’d been born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she was an only child, and it was clear that her parents had doted on her. She was spoiled, and it showed with everything that came out of her mouth. Jessica was five-foot-five, had blonde hair, blue eyes, a killer figure, and she was catering to every stereo type that people had of blondes. However, she was here for a degree in computer science, so I was under the assumption that she wasn’t an airhead, though she did say some crazy stuff at times.
Like now.
“They’re only obligated to take care of me until the age of eighteen, Jessica,” I corrected. “Anything after that is a favor. Parents are not required to take care of theiradultchildren.”
“If a person is still going to school, then they still qualify as being a child,” she argued. “Honestly, they should raise the legal care age to twenty-one.”
“Because you’dwantyour parents in your business at the age of twenty-one?”
Not answering, she said, “I’m just saying that if your parents want you going to college, then they should take care of you until you graduate.”
Thankfully, my phone chimed, and when I looked down at it, I couldn’t help but smile.
Kenz:I miss u
Me:I miss u 2
Kenz:I have sum time later between classes. I’m going 2 call u around 3
Me:That works 4 me. I really miss u, Kenz
Kenz:Same here. Plus, Talon is driving me crazy
That had me letting out a soft laugh. Yes, Talon Draven was a lot to take, but there was no denying that he was insanely in love with Kenzlee. Lots of teenage relationships never got the chance to see forever, but that wasn’t going to be the case with Kenzlee and Talon. Talon was going to love Kenzlee all the days of his life, and if it weren’t for her wanting to wait, they’d be married already.
Me:Probably 4 the rest of ur life…LOL
Kenz:Definitely…LOL. Ok…talk 2 u later
Me:Ok
“So, I take it that you’re not going to the kickoff party this weekend?” Jessica asked, not caring that I was on the phone.
I set my phone down on my bed, then looked over at her. “I thought all the parties last weekend were the kickoff parties?”
“Those were the back-to-school parties,” she answered primly.
