farewell
thou mayest
Elodie Amelie Bellamy
For Elodie, not going to college had never even been a consideration. There hadn’t been much, if any, outside pressure to go to college - Emmanuel had never pushed it on her, but promised to support her in whatever she chose to do. Teachers, those that paid any attention or were at all invested in Elodie’s future, expected it of her, but didn’t make that explicitly clear. On Elodie’s part, she expected it of herself. She was certainly academically inclined, that much was obvious, and it just always made sense that she’d further her education once she got out of high school. It seemed like the most natural step to take. Elodie always felt as though she had so much more catching up to do than everybody else, and going to college was one of her many ways of compensating. Even if she had nothing to compensate for though, Elodie reasoned that she’d probably still aim to go to college. It was just the kind of person she was; someone who valued education and higher learning. She wasn’t yet sure what she wanted to do with that extra education, but college would also give her the time and opportunity to explore her options while also potentially helping her cope with her neuroses. The more exposure and community, the better. And hopefully college students would be more mature, understanding, and patient than high schoolers. Everest’s comment about learning every word in the dictionary got an involuntary smirk out of Elodie, who quickly responded, I don’t know about every word. But yes, I intend to go to college in the fall. Work experience is pretty useful too. Work experience wasn’t really in Elodie’s vision at the moment. With her obstacles, it would be too difficult and harrowing just to get a job, not to mention keep it and do well at it. She didn’t have the kind of connections that would get her something nice that catered to her struggles. The only people she knew outside of her brother (and distant father, who she’d never met since he traveled for work) were fellow students and teachers, who wouldn’t be of much help aside from a recommendation letter, and doctors, who wouldn’t be of much help aside from a prescription. Truth be told though, Elodie hadn’t given working much thought - whether she’d preemptively deemed it impossible or she’d simply never wanted to, she wasn’t sure. Maybe both. So you’ll be staying nearby even once the school year starts? Elodie hoped that the message didn’t sound as eager as she felt. To prevent it from being interpreted as such, she tilted her face away so that Everest couldn’t see her eyes if she tried, shielded as they were by her curly hair and her rigid shoulder.
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imma give her till tomorrow morning
