Love, Rosie (248 page)

You’ll
get
in.

Trinity
College
is
really
popular
though,
what
if
I
do
get
the
points

but
then
so
do
hundreds
of
other
people?
Then
they’ll
raise
the

points
even
higher.

Katie:

Toby:

You’ll
get
in.

We’ll
see.
Have
you
figured
out
what
course
you’re
going
to
do
yet?

You
better
decide
soon
because
we
need
to
fill
out
our
CAO
forms

soon.

Katie:

The
stress
of
it
all.
How
the
hell
are
we
expected
at
the
age
of
16

(and
17
in
your
case)
to
decide
what
we
want
to
do
for
the
rest
of

our
lives?
The
decision
is
next
to
impossible.
Right
now
all
I
want
to

do
is
get
out
of
school,
not
start
planning
to
get
into
another
one.

You’re
lucky
you’ve
always
known
what
you
want
to
do.

Toby:

Katie:

Toby:

Katie:

Only
thanks
to
you
and
your
manky
teeth.
Anyway,
you’ve
known

what
you
wanted
to
do
for
longer
than
I
have.
Be
a
DJ.

I
can’t
study
that
in
college
though,
can
I?

Who
says
you
have
to
go
to
college?

Everyone.
The
career
guidance
teacher.
My
mum.
My
dad.
All
the

teachers.
God.
Rupert.
Sanjay
even
said
I
should
go
and
that
he
will

take
care
of
Mum
for
me.

Toby:

Well
I
wouldn’t
listen
to
Sanjay
because
he’s
got
(scary)
ulterior

motives.
I
wouldn’t
listen
to
the
career
guidance
teacher
either

because
his
job
is
to
take
you
for
half
an
hour
every
week
and
dis-

cuss
college
courses
to
his
heart’s
content.
Do
you
think
he
really

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Cecelia
Ahern

cares
what
you
do?
Who
cares
what
Rupert
thinks,
your
dad
is
only

agreeing
with
your
mum,
and
your
mum
is
only
saying
you
should

go
because
she
thinks
you
want
to.
And
don’t
mind
God,
as
your

mum
always
says,
he’s
only
having
a
laugh.

Katie:

But
Mum
has
worked
so
hard
to
finally
get
around
to
studying
what

she
wants
and
it’s
been
such
a
struggle
for
her
to
get
to
the
final

year.
Now
I
have
the
opportunity
to
go
to
college,
because
let’s
face

it
if
I
study
really
hard
from
now
until
June
we
both
no
I
could
do

well.
I’ve
nothing
in
my
way,
nothing
to
hold
me
back,
and
I
think

Mum
thinks
I’m
jumping
for
joy
at
the
idea.

She
wanted
this
opportunity
so
much
at
my
age
and
I
kind
of
got
in

the
way
and
now
it’s
my
turn
and
I’ve
nothing
in
the
way.
For
her