Teacher's Girl (Aflyingwhale)

EMMA’s POV : 

"Can you believe it? We're officially high school seniors,"

Carrie exclaimed as we walked down the long hallway and rows of lockers.

"l suddenly feel so old,"

Mark said as he put his arm around Carrie.

"I think I'm having senioritis already,"Tiff added, rolling her eyes.

 "Look alive, Tiff.College applications are coming up,"Carrie said.

"I’m not gonna go to college.I'm taking a gap year to backpack across Europe,"Tiff announced proudly.

"Are you really?" I narrowed my eyes at her.

"My parents think it's a good idea.This way I can figure out what I really want in life.I also have an aunt that lives in Barcelona.She’s gonna let me stay with her,"

"Wow, your parents are the best,"I admitted.

Tiff really had the coolest parents out of all of us.

They were these vegan, hippie, and earth loving type of folks.

They were always happy, positive, and Zen.

They encouraged their kids to explore and live life boundlessly.

I would say they did a great job because Tiff turned out to be an amazing girl.

"God, I wish I could do that.My parents would never let me,"Carrie sighed.

"Me too.They‘re dead set on sending me to college ever since I was two.When I told them UC Berkeley is my first choice, they actually laughed at me.They said UC Berkeley's a safety school.They don’t want anything less than Ivy Leagues or MIT and Stanford,"

Mark rambled about his home life.As student body president, his whole life was dedicated to college.This was his moment.

"My parents met in Berkeley,"Tiff cut in, 

"What, your parents don't think UC Berkeley is good enough for you?"

"Clearly, you've never met my parents,"he replied.

"Yeah, and trust me, it’s better that way,"Carrie scoffed ,

 "They actually think that I was the one that poisoned Mark into wanting to go to UC Berkeley,"

"But it’s kinda true though? Mark’s only applying to Berkeley because you wanna go to Berkeley," I pointed out the obvious and Carrie glared at me.

"Yeah, but that’s not the point now is it?"

Carrie slapped my arm playfully and I laughed.

"How about you, little miss perfect attendance? You thought about where you're applying to?"

"A bunch of schools in the east coast.And like, one school in the state,"

I sighed when I remembered I had to apply to one, "Safety net,"

"The east coast? Like what?"Mark asked.

"Some schools in New York like the CUNYs, Fordham, Barnard, and Columbia.Also Princeton and University of Pennsylvania, but I wouldn't count on those,"

"Why not? You're definitely Ivy League material,"Carrie stated.

"Yeah.You scored a 1500 on your SATs, your grades are amazing, and you did a bunch of extracurricular activities,"Tiff added.

"And teachers love you.I bet they'll write you a kickass recommendation letter,"

Mark chimed in.

I bet,"Carrie

and nudged me to the direction of a teacher that was walking

over and nodded to us. Mark still

Carrie said in

a second before giving me

short my skirt was.He narrowed his eyes at me, but I

"Hi,"I said.

to say it to everyone, but his eyes were

Carrie were having a hard time suppressing their

too," I muttered

shoving Tiff and Carrie

were making this situation awkward as hell, but

let out a small chuckle and leaned closer

your art portfolio, by the way,"he said

soon as I

out of five,"

smell

smirk as he knew the effect he had on

friends one last

him as he walked away,

thought senior year was gonna

AP Art class so

of me to think that things wouldn't

wasn't gonna let me

boy, do I like

free period today after lunch, so I decided to meet Mrs.Ash, our guidance counselor for some wisdom in regards to

red-

she said she was retiring, but she never did.Her office was this small square room with a desk in

Guarantee Failure is to Never

phone for a while, so I had ample time to read through

really loved and thanked her

was known to be

straight up if

good in you, she would make sure you know about it and not let

when she finally finished her call , Sorry about the interruption.My husband

hope

pocket.Always is,"she rolled her eyes and grabbed a brown file

name on it and

to several schools out of state.And one school in the state.The University of Georgia,"she

back-up plan.My parents think we might not have enough money for out-of-state

working all summer.I'm working on the weekends too.I've been saving up.I

scholarships available.I can help you look into some

would be great,"I

take a look at your grades,"Her eyes busily scanned

nodded appreciatively a few times, so I took it

well on your SATs.You've got marvelous grades.And your teachers all have nothing but nice things to say about you.And your extracurricular activities are superb,"she said as she

good chance at Princeton, Columbia, or U Penn?" I asked

didn't answer

and watched me intently."That's possible,"she said finally, "With the right college essay, Ms.Sinclair, I think

why these schools in particular?"she paused for a

is also a good school.But you don’t

great school, but..." But that’s not where lan and

be in the east coast

Ivy

then I must

be priority number one.And then you need to prepare yourself for an interview, either with

looked so daunting.That tone of voice

can handle all

hard at her question and my mind

the future—about how it