- 5.
After that, I went back to studying like
normal.
I’d always been a good student.
Everyone knew I was a lock for the
scholarship.
But when the list came out, my name wasn’t
on it.
I freaked out and went to my teacher, Mr.
Davis.
He looked confused.
“Didn’t you withdraw it on the system? I was
wondering why you changed your mind.”
I grabbed my phone and logged into the
school site.
Big letters: CONFIRM WITHDRAWAL
My hands started shaking Someone was
My hands started shaking. Someone was
messing with me.
I checked the list again. Sarah’s name was on
- it.
Everything clicked.
I found Sarah on the football field, making out
with Mark.
I walked up and yanked her off him.
Mark was startled but then smirked when he
saw it was me.
“Julie, you do care about me…”
I cut him off.
“Sarah, did you mess with the scholarship?”
Sarah trembled.
“Julie, didn’t you promise Mark you’d give it
up?”
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“I thought you wanted to go to A–U, that you
wouldn’t have been happy at State.”
I took a deep breath.
“So, Mark, Sarah, you changed my
confirmation, right?”
Mark stopped pretending.
“So what? Sarah wants to keep studying, and
I’m going to marry you, so it doesn’t matter if
you don’t go to college.”
I was so angry, I screamed at him.
“Who wants to marry you? Who do you think
you are?”
I called the cops.
