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Her sot accepted!"

I stepped around Alex and went to her immediately Her joy washed over ht and she didn’t even seem to mind that I eaty and smelled like a horse

I kissed her hair "That was quick! They ratulations!"

She pulledon to me like a lifeline "Thank you," she whispered into reat school"

Eirls--thankfully--quieted I was getting tired of Alex’s high-pitched squeaks I turnedlook Emilia had her head tucked down, under rabbed Alex by the upper aro down to the beach and watch the sunset"

Alex nodded and turned immediately They were out the door in less than aa deep breath, I stepped back and watched Eaze

"So it isn’t UCI--yet I was sure other schools would want you, too," I said quietly

Emilia’s jaw tensed and she placed the letter down on the table beside me so that I could read the letterhead The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

When she spoke, it was in a voice so quiet I could barely hear her "It’s not just any other school It’s my dream school"

I didn’t takethe name of the university was its location: Balti Maryland

She watched me carefully I could feel her eyes on me, like a physical touch So I kept my face completely neutral My heart thundered at the base of th I hadn’t felt in a while That fa into my blood

"Your dream school? You didn’t tellago Before I failed the first time at the MCAT I’d intervieith them months before I ever--before we ever--"