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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:05:58 GMT -5
Dwayne glanced sideways. "Great. She's been pushing for that, despite the fact that I told her I'd rather stay closer to home." He then chuckled as he started writing on the current application. "And I guess you're right on the whole "my brain not being numb" thing."
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Post by Lilly Cohen on Apr 29, 2007 19:11:13 GMT -5
"Mmmhm. Pushing for- for California. She wants you gone, then. Real gone. Like...like far away gone." Lilly nodded slowly. "California," she repeated in a low whisper. "Wow."
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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:12:27 GMT -5
Dwayne sighed. "It's not that. She keeps saying how it's a good school...but I think she has ulterior motives. Now if only I knew what they were." He glanced up, noticing Lilly's expression. "Oh Lilly..." Biting his lip, he took her hand.
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Post by Lilly Cohen on Apr 29, 2007 19:15:55 GMT -5
Lilly squeezed his hand softly and shook her head. "No, no, I'm fine. You go to whatever college you want, wherever in the whole wide world. If you want to leave for Tokyo, I'll even buy you a plane ticket. Pay half your tuition." Don't cry! This isn't something to cry about!
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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:19:47 GMT -5
Dwayne was truly touched by Lilly's offers. "Baby, you wouldn't have to do that...particularly since I'm not even planning on going to Tokyo anytime soon." Despite the fact it was an effort to lighten the mood, it just felt like it made things worse. "Sorry...that was lame."
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Post by Lilly Cohen on Apr 29, 2007 19:21:54 GMT -5
"No, no, it's okay. I just made this a lot harder than it had to be. You keep working, okay? I'll just...I'll just organize these or something. Make it easier on you." Lilly bit her lip for a moment and took her hand back slowly, picking up a stack of his papers to sort through them.
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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:26:08 GMT -5
Dwayne sighed and kissed her lightly on the side of her face. "You're not making this harder. I sort of need you here," he whispered. A small smile on his face, he went back to the application. It was like his was writing his way away from Lilly. He spent years of trying to get the hell out of Scarsdale and now this was his punishment.
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Post by Lilly Cohen on Apr 29, 2007 19:29:49 GMT -5
This made it official. He had to leave. And for some reason it was making Lilly hurt. She barely knew him, and the thought of him leaving made her hurt, for God sakes. She needed a shrink. "Okay," she whispered back, flipping through the papers. UNC. UCLA. OSU. Florida. Virginia. Arizona. Far away places. Maybe he was holding one for somewhere closer.
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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:32:00 GMT -5
Dwayne glanced toward her every so often and felt his heart breaking everytime. She seemed so upset. He bit his lip. "This one's for NYU" he commented, knowing that at least it was still in the state. Better than having to go to California or Virginia.
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Post by Lilly Cohen on Apr 29, 2007 19:34:30 GMT -5
Lilly looked towards him and smiled. A real, genuine, purposeful smile. "New York," she said, adding it to her mental list. "New York. Okay. Be sure to put in some extra effort on that one." She swallowed, unable to look at him anymore, and went back to the paperwork.
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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:37:02 GMT -5
Dwayne let a grin creep onto his face. "Working as hard as I can" he assured her, squeezing her hand lightly. "Truth is, this is one of my top three colleges I want to go to. Staying close to home is just more motivation."
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Post by Lilly Cohen on Apr 29, 2007 19:42:49 GMT -5
Lilly squeezed his hand back. "For your sake, I hope you get in." And for mine! My sake too! Don't leave! "Go somewhere good where you won't be bored." Somewhere that has lots of parties and lots of girls and NOT ME!
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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:46:42 GMT -5
Dwayne's smile widened. "I definitely appreciate the extra hoping from other people." He started working harder on the application, stroking her hand with his thumb. I have to stay close to you. I'm NOT letting us be one of those couples that break up when one of us go to college.
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Post by Lilly Cohen on Apr 29, 2007 19:49:29 GMT -5
"You'll need it. The gods of Karma are smiling upon you." Lilly laughed weakly, glancing to their adjoined hands. How long is this going to last, really? How long do I have you for? Not much longer, I'm guessing. DON'T CRY!
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Post by Dwayne Mitchells on Apr 29, 2007 19:51:17 GMT -5
Dwayne chuckled a bit. "You think so, huh? I hope so. I want to stay close to home" he whispered, still concentrating on his application. Although he kept grinning toward Lilly. He wanted to stay with her as long as he could and he wasn't about to let college shorten it.
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