"Hey, what's up?" Grayson walks into my room, setting his sweater on my desk chair.

I slightly close my laptop, biting down on my lip. "Any word back from Yale?"

He shakes his head no, plopping onto my bed. "Pretty sure it's rejection at this point. But I have been looking at the other schools and I think Colorado State is perfect."

You've got to be kidding.

"Did you accept it already?" I gulp.

"Not yet. I have to talk to my parents about it a little more." He scratches the back of his neck.

I feel like a large lump is in the middle of my throat. I take a deep breath then say, "There's actually something you should know."

He pauses and mumbles, "That's never a good sentence."

"I already accepted Colorado's scholarship." I breathe out.

"You're going there?" His eyes slightly brighten up.

"I was going to tell you another day but-"

"That's amazing!" He grins widely. He rushes over to me and wraps his arms around me. "I'm so happy for you, Sel!"

I smile as he kisses my cheek. "But what about you? Are you going there too?"

He shrugs, "If I don't hear back from Yale I think I'll accept their scholarship but my parents think I should look at the other offers too."

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"Show me it!" Genevieve squeals as she impatiently sits on my bed. I go into my closet, take the hanger off the rack. I walk out and see Genevieve with her eyes screwed shut.

I remove the plastic cover from the dress and say, "Tada!"

She opens her eyes and gasps. "You fucker!" She laughs. "I knew you loved that dress!"

"I didn't want to hurt your feelings and then I saw the dress you bought and it was the perfect opportunity." I softly smile.

"I bet you'll look amazing in it, Sel." She looks the dress up and down.

"And you're sure you don't mind me wearing it?" I ask to make sure.

"No! That dress will look way better on you than it ever did on me, Selena! That dress was made to be yours and my dress was made to be mine, literally. My mom's best friend from high school is a fashion designer and I paid her to design something for me!" She squeals.

"That sounds just like you, too." I playfully roll my eyes.

I put the dress back in my closet then Genevieve gets comfortable on my bed. I sit down near her and she looks back at my door then back at me. "So...prom night."

"What about it?" I hum.

"You and Grayson!" She teases. "Oh come on, the night you two will look hot together and you're not going to even think about doing it? The prom being held at a hotel is the perfect sign!"

I feel my cheeks start to turn hot as I playfully smack her. "Genevieve!" I laugh, "I haven't really thought about it and I doubt he has too-"

"He's a teenage boy with a hot girlfriend that makes him horny, I can assure you he has just doesn't talk about it." She interrupts me. "Are you scared your parents will see the charge to your card? Because if so I'll gladly pay for the room and you don't have to pay me back. It can be my treat to you."

"No, I'll- - I'll think about it. I don't know what the fuck is even going to happen after. Maybe we'll get a room and not do anything. I don't know."

"Come on! You two are seriously gonna go to college as virgins? At least do it before college starts!" She whispers.

"We're done talking about this." I chuckle.

She rolls her eyes while still laughing. "Oh, I forgot to tell you! I'm throwing a party at my house! It's a day after graduation as a little going away party. My parents are staying at their villa near the beach that day and Jack, I don't know what he'll be going but I'll just send him to a friend's house."

"Grayson and I will be there." I nod.

"And also," she eagerly adds, "My parents are letting me and few friends stay over at their beach house this summer. It's a three-bedroom house with an amazing view of the beach! I hope you and Grayson will be my guests there? I'm also inviting Everett there."

"Your parents are trusting two teenage couples in a beach house unsupervised?" I ask.

"They won't know the guys will be there! I told them Scarlett and Gaby would come instead." She says. "Please?! It'll be great!"

"I'll Uh let you know when we get closer to the date, yeah?" I ask. She nods and continues talking about her summer plans.

Grayson and I at a beach house. Has he even seen me in a bikini? Even worse, has he seen my hair wet before? It's like a lion's mane.

We could do whatever we want. No one there to tell us no.

Just thinking about it sends chills through my spine.

This chapter isn't my best work but it's just a little fill in! This story is almost over but there will be around four bonus chapters ;)