Kenzie's Time to Meet the World

~27~ Beanies and Sleepovers

I scoffed. "You shouldn't have said that."

Maya ran back into the room and jumped onto Josh's back, causing me to burst out in giggles. "Where will you be?"

"Hold on to your dignity, woman!" Riley yelled at her.

"Too late for that!" Auggie and I exclaimed, still giggling.

"Get off me, you little ferret!" Josh yelled, trying to shake her off."

"Give it!"

"It's my life!"

"It affects me, too!" She said, grabbing the letter from his hand.

"Grab his beanie too!!" I yelled to her, and she threw it at me.

"'Dear Applicant Boing.'"

"It doesn't say that!" Josh exclaimed.

"'This year we are only accepting married applicants.'"

"It doesn't say that!"

"'So... we regret to inform you that...'"

"Regret to inform me?"

"'We regret to inform you that you will be spending the next four years in New York with Maya!'"

"I got in? I got in." He said, shocked.

"We got in. Congratulations." He threw her onto the couch.

We all gathered into a group hug. "Yay!"

"That's so great." Josh said, still in shock.

"I don't know what this means." Auggie exclaimed.

"Congratulations, Buddy. I'm so proud of you." Cory said, hugging him.

"It means a lot, Cory."

"All very exciting, I'm sure. But Riley, Kenzie, and I have our own educations to which to attend... to which."

As I walked away, I felt my beanie snatched from my head. "I think this belongs to me." Josh said, grinning, causing me to roll my eyes.

We started walking away again. "This is so great. And my buddy who goes there invited me to his dorm tonight to meet some college friends if I got in."

"Ohh. Are we stopping?" Riley asked.

I grinned, catching where Maya was going. "Nope, We're doing something else now."

Maya turned to Josh. "When is this little party? Yeah, whatever, hi, I don't care."

"Uh, 10:00 Tonight?"

"Where's this little party? Yeah, whatever, hi, I don't care."

"Greenwich Hall."

Maya smiled. Riley turned to us. "Are we smiling? I'll smile. I'll smile anytime. What are we smiling about?"

"Bay window. Bay window right now." She grabbed our hands, and we ran to the bay window.

~<3~

"Can I sleep over at your house tonight?" Maya asked.

"Yay." Riley said happily.

"But not really?" Maya finished.

"Awww."

"I'm going to that party."

"Oooh, you're going to sneak out? But he said it could go till 10:00."

I shook my head. "No, it starts at 10:00."

Riley gasped. "It starts at 10:00? Who even heard of such a thing?"