Chapter 2

At seven, Tina knocks on Dana’s door, ready to find out what her future will hold.

Dana opens the door.

“Hey, TK, come in.” Dana says and gives her friend a hug.

“Hey Dana.” Tina replies.

“Come on in. I’ve set up my laptop on the living room table. And I bought snack, a lot of snack.” Dana says and smiles.

“Great. Can’t wait.” Tina replies.

They take a seat by the table.

“Are you doing okay?” Dana asks.

“Yeah, I’m fine… I’ll be fine.” Tina replies and gives Dana a smile.

“Good… So, shall we start looking through?” Dana asks.

“Yeah, let’s get to it.” Tina replies.

“Okay… What do you like?” Dana asks.

“Well, I’ve always liked photography and movies.” Tina says.

“Okay, let’s see what I find here. Where do you want to go?” Dana asks.

“I’m open to anywhere.” Tina says with a smile.

“Okay, great.” Dana says.

Tina starts eating some of the snacks while Dana taps away on her laptop. A few minutes go by before Dana finds something. “Oh here. In Philadelphia, they have something.” Dana says.

“Oh let me see.” Tina says and moves in next to Dana to get a better look.

“Art Institute of Philadelphia. They have video production.” Dana says.

“Oh, it’s nice there.” Tina says as she reads more about it. She clicks into the course plan. To see what kind of classes were in video production. She likes everything there. She looks at it for a moment. “Hey, would it be crazy if I just went ahead and applied right now?” Tina asks Dana with a grin on her face.

“No, not crazy, fast… but not crazy.” Dana says and smiles… “You should do it.” Dana says encouraging Tina.

“I actually brought with me all the papers about high school and so on.” Tina says.

“Cool, do it.” Dana says again.

“Okay, give me the thing.” Tina says.

“Okay. You know that this is the first college you’ve looked at?” Dana says.

“Yeah. But for once in my life I feel like being crazy and spontaneous. For once I want to do something completely out of character for me. Usually I would’ve looked at every college and universities in the country, made up pro and con lists like there was no tomorrow.” Tina says and looks at Dana, then down on the laptop. “I want to change. And this, I feel like will be the beginning.” Tina says and looks up at Dana again.