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We arrived at the restaurant in time for dinner. Mom and Dad were there and so was Cousin Frank. But the people I was most happy to see were Grandma and Grandpa.
“Grandma!” I said and then gave her a big hug.
Grandpa looked at me and smiled. “So how is Massachusetts? I hope you are getting good marks in school.”
I laughed. “Of course,” I said. “I have mostly A’s so far, but I am struggling with English.”
“Aren’t you an English major?” asked Grandma.
I shook my head. “I am an engineering major.” I then looked back at Cassie. “This is my roommate Cassie. I said she could spend her Thanksgiving break with our family.”
Cassie blushed, but she gently took Grandpa’s offered hand. “Thanks for putting up with me,” she said.
“Nonsense,” said Grandpa. “If Nora says you are visiting us, then you are just the same as family.”
Frank looked at Cassie. “How are you liking MIT? I can’t believe Nora decided to be an engineer.”
“It was a surprise to me too, Frank,” I said. “Who knew I’d be good at math and science?”
“I just love MIT,” said Cassie. “It was always my dream to go there ever since I saw a robot on TV and learned that they had a robotics engineering class.”
“Is that why you made me watch Star Wars?” I asked.
“Stevens, party of seven,” said the hostess. We were led through the restaurant toward a largish table and we sat together. I sat between my mother and Cassie. Grandpa sat next to Cassie, then it was Grandma, Frank, Dad, and then back to Mom.
Dad hit his spoon on the water glass in front of them. “I know that Thanksgiving is not until Thursday, but I wanted to announce that our IRS problems are over. We just closed the case and we were actual due a refund. Apparently they swapped our account with another Neil Stevens and that messed everything up.”
I looked at Cassie. I was shocked. I wondered if my college fund was back.
She nudged me in the ribs. “Am I going to need a new roommate when you go off to study English somewhere?” she whispered.
“I think I am going to stick with the engineering thing for a while,” I said.
Soon the waitress came and took our drink orders. My mother looked at me with disapproval when I ordered pop, but I liked pop and I didn’t get a freshman fifteen. We got our menus and then we looked for something that was good.
Cassie was wide-eyed as she looked at the menu. I didn’t know what her problem was because I saw a nice New York strip I wanted and ordered it. Cassie stuttered when the waitress asked her what she wanted.
“I’m still thinking,” she said. “Get the next orders while I decide.”
“What’s wrong?” I whispered.
“Everything is so expensive,” she said. “I can’t afford anything. The cheapest thing is $30.00 and that doesn’t look like something I’d eat.”
“So,” I whispered. “Dad is paying for it, so get what you want.”
“Are you sure? I am not family so what if he doesn’t cover me.”
“He will. If he doesn’t, I’ll give you the money to pay for it.” I pointed to the menu. “You like that, and it doesn’t have dairy in it,” I said in my normal voice.
The waitress came back to Cassie and she ordered, but she was really nervous.
“Relax and enjoy yourself,” I whispered.
We ate and then talked about family gossip. My family was really good about including Cassie in the conversation. Grandpa was really nice to her.
“So Cassie, are you doing well in school?” he asked.
“Well, I am not as good as Nora, but I think I am doing well,” she said. “I am going to have a B in Intro to Computer Programming, but I think I can get it up to an A by doing well on the final. Other than that, I am doing well. I always did well in math and science, and I programmed in high school, so I should get that taken care of.”
Cassie ate every bite of her steak. She ate the baked potato that came with it and she must have eaten more than her share of bread because the waitress kept coming back to fill it.
I could barely finish my steak and I was pushing what was left of my rice around on my plate. I had maybe two rolls and I regretted having any. I was going to be so full, it was ridiculous.
“I’m glad you brought Cassie, dear,” said Mom. “I think she is a good influence on you.”
Really? She didn’t know Cassie very well. We both conned our way into a scholarship, stole textbooks from online, and sold our the diapers the scholarship paid for to Melody to sell online as well. The three of us were quite the criminals. “Cassie is pretty much my best friend.” Then I thought of Kara and how jealous she would be. “Don’t tell Kara I said that.”
“I won’t. People change a lot when they go away to college and it is only natural to form new friendships. Kara probably has a new best friend too.” What Mom said was reassuring, however, I changed a lot more than I thought I would.
“Did anyone save room for dessert?” asked the waitress.
I groaned and took another bite of rice. Cassie waited to take a cue from me. Dad said, “No, we are all full. We are ready for our check.”
Cassie took the last roll and buttered it, and took a bite. I didn’t know where she put away all that bread.
Dad picked up the check for everyone as usual. Cassie need not to have worried. I wondered if anyone ever took her out to a restaurant other than McDonald’s. Her manners were good, but she didn’t seem to have ever gone to a sit down restaurant before. I wondered if she had ever had anything nice at all.
We got up and went out to our cars. Dad squeezed me in a hug. “Your college fund is back. I suppose it’s yours to do what you want to with it since you got a full scholarship at MIT.”
“Really?” I asked.
“Yes. It’s up to you what you want to do with it. We can throw you a big wedding once you meet someone or you can do something else with it.”
I smiled. “Sounds good,” I said. “I’ll just wait and see in case I get thrown out of the scholarship program.”
He frowned. “Your a bright girl for wanting to save it. I think you can keep your grades up high enough to keep it. I heard you telling Grandpa about your grades.”
“Well I promised Kara that I would be over before it got too late,” I said.
He smiled. “Glad you came to visit, pumpkin. When you come back for Christmas your room will be back and ready for you again.” He gave me a final hug and let me go. I came back to Cassie and we got into my car.
“So I got my college funds back,” I told her.
The End of The Weird Scholarship – Chapter Twenty-Nine.
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