Chapter 3 - Accepted
Dylan POV - Age - 21
I scroll through my school email checking. Is already past half of summer so we have to start preparing for college or at least, I do. I open the email and I see the new stuff I need for my official start at law school. I sigh as I'm mostly going to need money. I click out and keep looking through my email and I see the one I'm looking for, Harvard law university acceptance letter so I get up and I run downstairs to my dad.
-Dad, dad, where are you? Dad.
Ale-I'm here, I just got the mail.
-Is there anything for me?
He looks at me knowingly before he calls everybody.
Ale-Family mail time at the living room.
Amber POV - Age - 21
I gather along with everybody else on the living room for the mail. Dad stands on the center holding the bag. Once he sees that everybody is here he starts.
Ale-Alright. We have the medical bills. Mine and Rose. Dentist bill, house, water, gas, electricity, Amber's car.
He hands me the envelope.
Ale-My car, her car, more cars. Promotions, cable, phone bills and we got four special arrivals. This are for Rose, for now.
He hands them to mom and they share a look before they smile.
Ro-Annabelle, Isabelle, Mirabelle, you got letters from the University in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The fourth one, is from Harvard. This one is for our very special Dylan.
His expression doesn't change much but his smile and his eyes as well as his anxious repetitive movement gives him out. He wants that letter.
Alex-Everybody out to play.
I smile and when everybody leaves is just the college students, me and our parents. Mom gives Dylan his letter and he opens it and lies down on the couch to read it. He's hiding his excitement.
Dy-I did it. I did it!!! Mom, dad, I got into Harvard.
I cuddle into him and he holds me tight.
Dy-I'm going to be a lawyer.
Ro-Annabelle, Isabelle, Mirabelle. What are you getting to study?
Anna-Pediatric studies. I'm going to be a nutricionist.
Isa-I'm focusing on sport medicine.
Mira-Neurology.
Anna-We got accepted but................
Ale-But?
Mira-The universities are on the other coast of the country. Far from home.
Dy-I'll be close to you.
He moves from me to her sister holding her on his lap.
Ale-Mirabelle, do you want to study there?
Mira-Yes.
Ale-Then go, don't be afraid. Dylan is closer than us and your triplet sisters will be there with you as well. Right girls?
Anna-Right.
Isa-We are always together.
Ale-Besides, I'm a phone call away. Call me and I'll come right away.
-Seems like we're not living together as long as we thought.
With that comment I go up to my room to rest.
Dylan POV - Age - 21
I look as Amber leaves and I turn to my dad.
-I don't think I'll be back until I finish my studies.
Ale-Why is that?
I shrug.
-I'm...............going to rent an apartment there for five years. Is the most convenient life for now. I'll transfer back here when I'm better as a lawyer.
Ale-I can find you a house close by if you want to live by yourself.
-Mom.
Ro-Hmm.
-I think I'm ready. Now that Harvard is happening I feel better about my future.
Ro-I understand the feeling.
-I'm going for a drive. Relax and clear my head a bit. Sisters.
I give each woman a kiss and I ruffle dad's hair as I leave for my car and I leave the house behind. I'm going to check on Dalilah.
Some days later
I find myself on the car ready to go to college. Is next week but I'm driving all my way there instead of a plane, I'm going to need my car after all. Annabelle, Isabelle and Jezebel are doing the same thing as well with their own cars and Dalilah too. I fixed the trip so we arrive there when we have to even with the stops to eat and sleep during the trip. That alone amounts for two days travel, maybe three. I'm leading them but still, Dalilah is the one actually leading me. I got the route set on all our GPS in case we get separated on the way. I start driving and my sisters start following. We did the same thing when dad married and we all moved together.
The next day after lunch we start driving again. Is not even two hours when I see how Dalilah breaks off of the highway towards the country. I know is the wrong way but I follow her by instinct. When she parks I park besides her.
-Dalilah, babe, are you alright?
She only looks at me before she leans her seat back a little.
Anna-Dylan, what happened?
-Keep going you three. I'll handle this.
Anna-Dylan.
-Go.
She seems to weight her options before she leaves and the other two follow. Them three are going to the same place. I'm going to Harvard while Dalilah is going to Yale to study forestry. I turn back to her.
-Come on out, stretch and get some fresh air.
She opens the door but she only sits with her legs hanging out.
Dal-I think the food didn't sit well with me today.
-How do you feel?
Dal-Dizzy, nausea, headache and my stomach hurts. I'm tired too.
-Let's find a hotel and stay there for the night.
Dal-No, no, just one moment. Don't come with me.
She stands and she goes to the edge of the store where the grass and trees are and I see her as she throws up. I look from the sideways, she must feel ashamed of being seen like that so I fake not looking. I hear when she comes back.
Dal-Disgusting.
-Feeling better?
Dal-A little. My head still hurts and I feel weak and sleepy.
-Get in my car. You can sleep the entire drive there.
Dal-What about my car?
-I got that. You just relax and enjoy it as best as you can.
I kiss her forehead and help her to my car before I get in. Lucky me, I listened to my dad when he told me to get the necessary in case any car broke down and needed pulling. I get that ready and I drive off again.
I only stop around midnight to rest ahead.
Dal-Are we there yet?
-One more day. We're stopping to sleep properly.
Dal-Ok.
We get in the room and after a quick meal wich she barely eats we get to sleep.
The next day at 4 in the evening we arrive at Yale for her. She seems very healthy and excited today.
Dal-Oh my, this place is so big.
-Crowded too.
Dal-They must be arriving too. I'm going now so you can get to yours in time.
-Ok.
I undo her car from mine and after a quick deep kiss I leave her be. My place is 2 hours away.
I'm excited now, very, even though I keep looking back to Yale. My mind is an endless cycle of Yale and Harvard or, more specifically, from Harvard to Dalilah. Both are my future.
I arrive to Harvard and having my directions I get to the general building.
I don't know how things work at any of these colleges so I'm just writing what I think it is.
In the general building they send me to the law building and there I look for the directions office or something of the sort. Is not hard as they expect newbies to not know their way around this maze but still I ask the lady.
-I'm looking for my room.
Lady-Law student?
-Yeah.
Lady-This is a map for the law section, one for the rest of the college. Get familiar with that and don't lose it. Your name.
-Dylan Dawson.
She looks for a moment before she finds my name.
Lady-Your room key. Don't lose it and this is the schedule for every student independently of their choice of study and this is the law schedule and the law counselors office and names. They'll give you your actual study schedule and who's your teacher.
I grab the things from her and on a separate quiet place I look through the papers. I get them on my bag and keep the one to go to the office wich is quiet for the most part. Is creepy but I go towards the office that apparently will be my teacher office and I knock.
Without an answer I knock a bit harder until the door opens showing a mature lady. She might be the same age as mom. Her face is cold and her voice is serious.
-Ms. Moore?
Ms-That is me, and you are a newbie. Why are you here?
-I was hoping to meet my counselor, my teacher and get my schedule.
Her expressions softens a bit at that.
Ms-Come and sit. What's your name?
-Dylan Dawson.
Ms-Yes. You're an outstanding student just like all the others. Still, you got something special.
-Something special?
Ms-Is a gut feeling. Now then, this is general studies. Mandatory classes that you have to take and the empty spaces you fill them out with your choice of studies.
She hands me two papers.
I look at the two. Seems like a very empty schedule. Two hours of mandatory class every day. Two different classes. One class three times and the other two.
-What works best.
I talk as I write down a plan with my map, schedule and notes. She just nods in agreement and watches me do it.
-I looked at each type of lawyer and their pay too. Based on pay I should be in general practice but based on my choices, my top three would be criminal lawyer, family and divorce, last is civil rights. I'm open for more but I don't want to be a government lawyer but a people's lawyer. I want to help the common people mostly. The others have enough money to help themselves with.........sorry.
Ms-You are right. General practice includes all practices.
-Including the ones I don't want.
Ms-You can always learn about everything but work the cases that you want to work in. They will give you a case to work in but you can choose if you accept it or not.
-All right.
I look at my schedule and the one she created for me.
-Studying this or that, it won't affect my three year long studies.
Ms-Your schedule will take from 3 to 9 years. Assuming you study all of your top three. General studies will take three years with all choices. Of course, is a bit busier and overwhelming in time but just on the edge.
-I think I'll stay with yours. Is a gut feeling. After all, I'm a baby lawyer and you're my mama lawyer.
She laughs softly before she gets up.
Ms-I like that. It is my pleasure to teach you everything you should know. You have to be on time to class next week.
-I will.
With that I grab my stuff and finally go towards my dorm. As I get there I find that I'm not the only one.
To be continued..................
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