It's gonna happen one day

 

It was decided. Brooklyn would be going to UNL in the fall. Of course, it was a big dismay to her parents.

"But you got in at A&M and Minnesota," her mom had said. Wasn't she going into engineering?

"I don't care, anymore." Of course, they thought she needed to see someone for mental health. "I'll go crazy in the process if..if I'm away from everyone." The truth was she hadn't enjoyed high school all that much. Yes, she'd had her fun time with Mercer and the horses and whatnot. But there was Griffin and that had changed everything. He was in Lincoln and that's where she wanted to be.

Yet, she couldn't simply say this to her mother nor her father. They'd be livid. Wasn't she concerned about her education? "I just want to go there. I think it's the right thing to do." She told them she'd never lived on her own. "You've never let me do that. I don't want to be that far away from everyone."

Of course, they were disappointed, but she'd won this round. She was certain it would be good for her family too. Even if they didn't think so. 

"I don't know if I have it in me to even take on a full load," she told Harley. "Am I that awful?" She didn't think she was as analytical as her father thought she was. "I feel tired already just thinking about classes in the fall."

"Well, you've got the summer to relax," Harley sounded as if she could bounce back. After all, Spring Break was here and Prom was on the way.

"I should work, or something," Brooklyn confessed she'd never had a job.

"Then maybe you could work at the Horse Camp this summer, that would be perfect," Harley suggested, as she showed her the application on the site. 

"I guess." Brooklyn sighed.

"Oh, you just want to be with Griffin," Harley smiled and Brooklyn nodded. 

"Next thing I know, you two will be getting a place together like Link and Izzy," Harley said to her friend. Brooklyn just laughed as if Harley was just dreaming.