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Paloma: You guys. USC deferred Liam to regular decision. ?

Meagan: Oh shit.

Lia: God, I’m sorry.

Sophia: But that isn’t a NO.

Meagan: It’s not a yes, either.

Lia: What’s his plan B?

Paloma: Safety schools he’s still waiting to hear from.

Sophia: What’s your plan B?

Meagan: She doesn’t need a plan B. She got in.

Sophia: I mean…would you go anywhere other than USC?

Paloma: Girl, no. I’m a Trojan through and through.

Sophia: I bet he gets accepted regular decision.

Lia: Me too. But wait, you’d really go to USC without Liam?

Paloma: I mean, yeah. I’d be bummed, but I won’t ditch my dreams for a boy.

Lia: Megs, would you go to Austin Peay without Soph?

Sophia: Yeah. Megs, would you?

Meagan: I plead the fifth.

Sophia: I’d want you to. I wouldn’t hold you back.

Meagan: Ditto. What about you, Lia? If things had been different?

Lia: Would I have chosen a school other than Beck’s?

Paloma: Yeah. Did you ever consider it?

Lia: I did until we got together.

Meagan: Did he ask you to apply to CVU?

Lia: He did, and I wanted to go. I honestly didn’t think I could survive being away from him. But now…

Sophia: Now…what?

Lia: Now I know I can.