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Room 332, Late Monday Morning

Mar 16, 2009 09:14

Claire came back to her room after TV class in a relatively good mood. Being a child had been weird weird weird, so weird she would rather not think about it, but at least it was over without any major damage to herself or her possessions. And, hey, her birthday hadn't sucked ( Read more... )

penelope, 332, weetiny, sorry but it's canon

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bad_nose_job March 16 2009, 13:54:59 UTC

Penelope walked in after her Sex Ed class, dropped her bag, and plopped (very unladylike) on her bed.

"Claire?" she asked, looking over at her, "everything all right?"

swipedthatfoot March 16 2009, 13:58:01 UTC

"I didn't get into college," Claire whined without opening her eyes. "They want me to go to community college for a year and try again."

bad_nose_job March 16 2009, 14:04:16 UTC

Oh. Penelope wondered if 'I'm sorry' would make her feel any better. She doubted it, but offered her sympathy anyway. "I'm sorry, Claire. Did they give you a reason why not?" She wasn't familiar with how applying, acceptances, and denials worked with college yet. It wasn't a possibility for her yet.

swipedthatfoot March 16 2009, 14:07:09 UTC

"It says," Claire read, " 'Because of the exceptionally competitive applicant pool this year, the selection process has been unusually difficult and the Committee has had to choose only a few students from a large number of academically qualified applicants.' So, no, not really. I mean, I know what it's about, it's 'cause my grades sucked junior year."

She could have blamed it on her dad dying, but the truth was, they hadn't been much better first semester.

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