The Wallflower and the Running Back by Ginger Scott EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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rachel edwards
I FELT my phone buzz in my back pocket an hour ago. I was finishing
up inventory when the call came in, which made for a convenient excuse to
put off listening. I’m out of excuses now, however. And I am terrified.
I applied for the fall semester abroad scholarship three months ago, and
I haven’t stopped thinking about it the entire first half of summer. I
recognized the university’s number on my missed calls list. I could push a
button to read a transcript of the message someone left. But I can’t seem to
get myself to do that either.
What if I didn’t get it?
Of course I have a contingency. The classes are already reserved for me
to swap in should I need to take my final labs instead this fall. But I’ve
already let my mind wander to the adventure of studying in Germany. Of
learning from the best. Exploring Berlin on my own, living out an
adventure, and writing for scientific publications with scientists I’ve looked
up to my entire life on hand to review my work. If I don’t get this
scholarship and I have to wait and apply again for Spring, I’m not sure my
soul will be able to handle it, let alone my heart.
Pacing through my brother’s store isn’t doing me any good. And since
he took the day off to get in some fishing with his buddies, he won’t be
back anytime soon to help me rip off the proverbial Band-Aid. My parents
are busy with the main store’s redesign, and truth be told, neither of them
are hip to the idea of me venturing over the Atlantic alone. I don’t want
their negative energy putting a curse on my news.
I flip the sign in the store window to closed, not that we have had a
customer in the last two hours. I drag my way to the back office and hang
my apron on the hook behind the door. Pushing a stack of invoices to one
side, I take a seat on my brother’s desktop and palm my phone.
Deep breath.
Rather than pressing play and holding my phone to my ear, I text my
best friend Stella for reassurance.
ME: I got the scholarship message. I’m afraid to listen.
I wait for her to write back, but when my message sits on delivered for
nearly two minutes without any sign that she’s reading or responding, I
figure she’s probably still working in the lab. She took an internship this
summer near Tiff, working with a start-up supplement company running
toxicology tests. I lucked out rooming with her sophomore year after a
terrible dorm experience my very first semester.
My first-year roommates were sorority pledges who both rushed and
moved out within weeks of the school year beginning. They managed to
pack a lifetime of partying into our time together, though, usually bringing
elements of the parties back to our shared and tiny dorm room. The amount
of times I slept in the rec room that first month should have earned me a
break in my room fee.
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