Angel had spent a long time thinking about college. She’d made a list of pros and cons, considered what it would mean if she did or did not go, and even thought about what her friends would think. She knew that Jack, Tiana, and Sean all wanted to go. Hell, she was pretty sure Philip and Peter were behind her attending. She knew if she didn’t go, she would probably be a hairdresser for the rest of her life, which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it wasn’t her dream. If she did go, she could flunk out, or find out she wasn’t as talented as she thought she was, or not be able to do anything with her major once she graduated. College would mean improving her skills, being forced to take classes with professors who might not have been successful in their fields, and possibly waking up really early for class and staying up late studying.
As she stood in front of Fableton University, she bit the inside of her cheek and brushed her hair back. After all of her thinking, she’d decided that she should at least try the whole college thing. If, after a semester, she decided it wasn’t the right fit for her, then she could stop. The only question she was faced with now was paying for the whole thing. She knew that the people closest to her had offered to cover it for her, but she couldn’t give them that chance. That was why she had decided to sort out a payment plan before telling all of them she’d decided to go to college.
Walking into the financial office of FU, she could feel her stomach twisting, just thinking about how much this was going to cost her. She walked up to the desk and asked to speak to someone about a payment plan for her classes and tuition. After being asked to wait for a few moments, she went to sit in one of the chairs in the office. She wondered what classes she would be taking in the fall, and whether or not she would actually do well. She also wondered if she would have to take a loan out from the bank. She had a decent chunk of change saved up and an entire summer to raise more, but she wasn’t foolish enough to think she could pay for college on a hairdresser’s earning. Not when she wasn’t actually licensed.
When her name was called, she followed the woman that stood waiting for her, then sat in an office across from the same woman. The woman then began to explain that according to their records, a payment plan had already been set up, and that they were simply waiting for her to commit to the school and plan when she would attend orientation. Angel furrowed her brows, shaking her head in both confusion and denial. “That can’t be right. This is my first time being here. I couldn’t have set up a payment plan already. Why else do you think I would come here?” she pointed out. The woman was insistent that she was already covered in terms of finances, at least when it came to tuition and any classes she would decide to take.
The reality took her longer to accept than it should have, but when it did, she inhaled sharply through her nose. She muttered a soft “thank you”, then left the office, knowing what must have happened. She had a gang of people all rooting for her to go to college. One or several of them had clearly gone behind her back to pay for her education, and she was going to give whoever it was an earful. First, she would have to find out who did it.