Chapter 9-

Dana closed the trunk of her dad’s Lexus and started making her way back into the house. The car was all packed save for a few odds and ends she would add in the morning before heading to UCLA to move into her dorm room.

To say she was excited would have been the understatement of the century. But as excited as she was, she was equally as nervous. Camp for the tennis team started the day after she moved into the dorms and although she earned an athletic scholarship due to her talent, that didn’t necessarily mean she would make first team. Then there was the fact that she wouldn’t be 18 until November, so she was going to the youngest there.

The teen was pulled out of her musings by her mother when she came in through the side door into the kitchen.

“Pardon?”

“I asked if you are you all set to go? We want to be pulling out of the drive way my nine o’clock sharp.”

“Yes, all set. Jamie is coming by in the morning at 6:30 and we are going to go on one last run together before I leave.”

If there was one thing that Dana was not happy about was being hours away from her best friend and not being able to see her on a daily basis.

Sharon didn’t seem to pick up on her daughter’s feelings, simply nodding before saying somewhat nostalgically, “I remember when I was in college. You know that’s where I met…”

“Yeah mom. I know. I know. That is where you met daddy,” Dana interrupted, rolling her eyes before hopping up to sit on the kitchen counter.

She quickly go t down however, after catching her mother’s glare, and moved instead to sit at the kitchen table, grabbing an apple from the fruit basket on the way.

Getting a glass of water before taking a seat next to her daughter, Sharon continued. “It is where I met your father- yes. But not all the young men at college will be as much of a gentleman as your father was darling…”

Oh my God, Dana thought horrified, nearly dropping her apple; she is not going to talk to me about boys and sex. Oh no no no…