by: Halliwellgirls
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Kennedi grinned. Tara was right, they had done it. She turned to the front and her thoughts started going back, back almost seven months.
�Okay, the scary music has officially started. And these applications are....in the mailbox!� Madison Winters said, as she and her friends ceremoniously slipped their applications in the mailbox.
�I can�t believe we�re applying to colleges already.� Kennedi said, wistfully.
�I hope I get in to St. Catherine�s. I really want to go to college together with Ally.� Tara said, reaching for her best friend�s hand as the group walked back down the sidewalk towards Siobhan Arintero�s house.
�I know you do, I hope so too.� Alyson said, taking Tara�s hand and swinging it back and forth.
Kennedi smiled to herself, as she remembered. Alyson and Tara had both applied to The College of St. Catherine�s and Edina State University. Siobhan had applied to Edina State and a smaller one called Edgecumbe College. Madison had decided to leave the state and apply to the University of Wisconsin in both La Crosse and Green Bay. Kennedi herself had also decided to stick close, and had applied to Edina State and Edgecumbe College like Siobhan.
The music started up then, and Kennedi searched the very front of the line for Alyson and Siobhan. She found them just as Alyson stepped out from behind the curtain to proceed down the aisle. She locked eyes with Siobhan for a moment, and they smiled at each other, just before Siobhan got the signal to go. She waved at Kennedi, and stepped out, just two students behind Alyson.
�Okay, everyone got their letters? On three; one....two....three!� Madison said, and the girls opened their letters in a flash. No one spoke as everyone sat, just reading.
Siobhan looked up first, �Well?� she asked.
�You go first.� Kennedi said, with a little tremor in her voice.
Siobhan grinned hugely, �I got into both!� she squealed.
�Yes!� Madison screamed and hugged her friend, �So did I!�
�What about you guys?� Madison asked the other three, who were all very quiet.
�I got into Edina State, but not Edgecumbe. I guess that�s where I�ll go.� Kennedi stated quietly.
�Where did you get in, Aly?� Madison asked.
�Not Edina State. But I did get into St. Kates.� Alyson said, a little confused. St. Kates was harder to get into than Edina State.
�Way to go, Aly, I knew you�d get in!� Kennedi squealed and hugged Alyson. Madison and Siobhan followed.
Tara just sat in her chair, her eyes filled with tears. If Aly didn�t get into Edina State, but she got into St, Kates....that meant they wouldn�t be going to the same college.
�Tara?� Alyson asked, noticing her friend hadn�t joined the hug, �What�s wrong?� she took the papers from Tara�s hand and read them, the blood draining from her face, �Oh, honey. You�ll be with Kennedi and maybe even Siobhan. You won�t be alone.�
�It�s not the same!� Tara wailed, �I need you!�
Alyson engulfed her friend into a long hug, �I know honey, it�ll be okay. We�ll see each other a lot still, I promise.�
�But...you�ll meet new friends and probably forget all about me!� Tara cried.
Alyson pulled away, and looked Tara in the eyes, �Never. Honey, if there�s one thing you�ve learned in the past 12 and a half years of being my friend, that would be that I�ll always be your friend. No matter what.� she smiled at Tara and wiped at the tears trailing down her friend�s cheeks.
�And you have us, too, don�t forget that. Ever.� Siobhan chimed in.
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