Today begins the Chinese New Year. Appropriately, it's the Year of the Horse. And also appropriately, it's a new beginning for me.
You see, I received my Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Sims University. Am I nervous? Absolutely. Am I excited? You betcha.
Most of my family has come, yes even my Uncle Bassy. And our old butler Max came too, even though he now works for the Crown Prince.
Even Kyle is here. You don't know how much that means to me.
The only person not here is Satis and that's because she's doing her residency. I'll be calling her Dr. Satis pretty soon.
Mom threw a graduation party at her place.
And like a moth to a flame, Kay went right to AJ. She hung on every word he uttered.
"So what are you going to do after graduating?"
"Go finish flight school, and probably go train in Oasis Landing."
"Where Princess Alexandra is?"
AJ let out a deep sigh. "Probably. The call is coming soon for me to go."
"You're serious about this going into space thing."
"I've been training for it since I arrived at Fort Starch. They recruited me straight into it, and I have no choice."
"Well, what do you WANT, AJ? This life doesn't make you happy. I just think -- you know -- you'd be happier as a cop."
"I have mom's blood in me, I can't help it."
I reached for my brother and gave him a big hug.
He was a little tentative at first but the embrace became tighter.
"So, Kayleigh is still leaving eh?"
I shrugged. "I can't convince her otherwise."
"I'll miss her."
"I'll miss her too."
AJ changed into his 'dress' shirt and went over to dance with Sharon, who'd just arrived at the party.
He scarcely left her side all evening, even when his phone rang and even when Sierra shot him a puzzled glare.
Meanwhile, Mom and Kyle had a fairly brief conversation. "So you're Sage's friend, right?"
"Yes," he said.
"Sage has told me a lot about you. You and your husband went to China and catalogued the fish species there?"
When I looked over at Uncle Bassy, he was working his charm on Dr. Noetal, my dean. "So you're Sage's uncle?" I heard Dr. Noetal ask.
"Yes. Her mother is my older sister. Practically raised me, almost."
"I see. So you're the actor, Sebastian Bassy Plumb?"
"I'm the actor," my uncle nodded affirmatively. "My sister gave me that nickname, and it kinda stuck."
Uncle Bassy autographed a Blu-Ray copy of one of his movies for her. I didn't realize she was a fan of his.
I looked over and saw Dr. Anthony, AJ's technology dean, dancing with Tiffany Rich, the student body president and editor of the campus newspaper. Basically she's the top dog on campus.
"You stepped on my foot!"
"I'm sorry, Sharon! I didn't mean --"
In the next moment, though, I saw her kissing up to Mom.
The whole thing made me wonder what her intentions are.
Meanwhile, Mom sat with Sierra at the table, where they both sat listening to the music that was playing on the radio. "Guess what?" Sierra revealed excitedly. "I've been accepted for early admission to the university!"
"That's terrific, honey!" Mom exclaimed.
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