Snippet #1883853

(Day Before)

Rosie grinned as Kris struggled to find words as he explained what he was up to. "Yeah, okay, got it." she teased and bounced on her bed, running a hand through her wavy hair. But, the question he shot at her, she wasn't ready for. "What are you planning to do after this summer?" She had to think about that one... Sure, she wanted a career in music... sure she wanted to play college lacrosse... But it was hard to choose. And so far, she was steering towards lacrosse because she already got a scholarship... And to the college she wanted to go to... A pretty good school in general, and also they had the number one team in the nation. So, she decided on her answer.

"I'm heading out to Northwestern University. Scholarship for lacrosse, so that's a biggie..." she said slowly and then grinned. "Or, I could try and get into music. Dunno if I could if I tried but that's worth a shot!" she chirped. Then, a few minutes later, she heard footsteps down the hall, people heading to bed. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow! See ya!" she chirped and herded him out of her room with a friendly grin, and shut the door. Although, she has been here for probably two or three hours, she was exhausted. Before she came she was practicing pitching and batting for baseball, and then shooting for lacrosse, and then she spent a few hours on her music. Writing, playing, and singing....

Rosemary took a few minutes to get ready for bed... Pulled her hair up into a messy bun, took off her makeup, washed her face, brushed her teeth, and got on a tank top and some black Soffee shorts and climbed into bed. Of course, she'd lie there a few minutes, and then she would either read, or right. Maybe sing quietly and turn the keyboard volume down so she could play. But none of that happened... she slowly drifted to sleep.

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The next morning, Rosie's eyes fluttered open, and she lied in bed on her stomach, sheets tangled up around her legs and shoulders. She groaned and shut her eyes, already knowing she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep. Figures. So, it was around 8:30 ish now, maybe 9, and she got up, moving turtle slow. She trudged across the room and grabbed clothes at random, settling for an orange swimsuit if they went swimming, a gray and black striped wide shouldered/off the shoulder top, and some old denim shorts that had a thin brown belt. And, her usual beachy wavy styled hair. But, she never had to take off her silver heart locket that hung around her neck. She never took that off... ever. Her mom gave it to her, and she had the key. There was a little key hole in the middle, that she had the matching necklace. At the thought, Rose ran her thumb across it with a sad smile, then got back to business. She applied her usual amount of makeup... barely any unlike some girls. She she slid on her black flip flops, and put her phone in her pocket and she was good.

Soon enough, she was in the kitchen, making some coffee, that she really didn't need. It was her jumpstart... Then, she pretty much raided the pantry, settling on a PopTart, a yogurt, and an orange. She pulled it all together, and sat on the counter eating and awaiting her coffee. She was the only one down there, but she suspected it wouldn't be long before somebody else came. She hummed quietly, fully awake now, and cheerful as ever.