Chapter 67

Sophia's POV ~

Austin told me he wants to talk to me after practice. Which makes me kind of nervous because i never heard anything about the scholarships after that game and it's been like 2 weeks. Also, Gracie asked me to stop by the hospital after practice. She was moved to bed rest in the hospital about a week ago. Vinnie and her dad have been doing, better. At least that's what Gracie told me.

Once i was dressed i made my way into Austin's office. He wasn't there but Sal was.

"Do you know where Austin went?" I asked.

"He had to go get some paperwork for you." Sal said.

"Oh, do you know what for?" I asked curiously. Sal shrugged with a smirk on his face and walked out of the office holding a folder. "My couches are so weird." I mumbled under my breath with a chuckle.

I took a seat in one of the chairs and waited. It was about 5 minutes and Austin hadn't come in yet. Looking around i got up and walked behind his desk. Scanning over the folders on the desk i found one with my name on it. Just as i was about to pick it up Austin walked in scaring the crap out of me, dropping some folders on the desk over mine.

"Sit down Johnson." Austin laughed.

"Well you took long enough." I joked.

"Why, are ya in a rush?" He asked.

"Yeah actually i kind of am. Gracie asked me to stop by the hospital after practice." I sighed.

"Did she have the baby yet?" He asked.

"No she's been on bed rest." I pursed my lips. "I just miss having her around. I miss my best friend."

"I know it's hard kid." Austin sighed. "Just also remember it was something that could've been avoided a few ways... But, i got some news that might cheer you up." He smiled.

"Okay." I said.

"So the big game 2 weeks ago. The one with all the scouts." Austin spoke as he picked up the file with my name off his desk. "We finally got back who wants who to give scholarships to." Austin smiled handing me the folder.

"Seriously?" I asked.

"Open it." He nodded. Nervously, i opened the folder. Inside there was 2 separate scholarships. One from a college in Florida and one from a college here in California. "They're giving you 2 weeks to pick which one since it's so close to the end of the school year. They want to know before graduation."

"Oh my god Austin!" I jumped up giving him a hug. "Thank you thank you so much!" I whispered.

"Hey, you earned this Johnson. You worked your ass off for 4 years here." He smiled.

"I know but two?! Two colleges!!" I chuckled wiping away the happy tears.

"Well go celebrate and keep me updated on Jones."

"Thanks Austin and i will." I smiled.

I ran out to Dylan's car and waited for him. I couldn't wait to tell him, i was really excited. I saw a group of boys, including Dylan walking out of the building. Jenna was with Ryan and they walked over with Dylan to me.

"Hey!" I smiled. Giving each of them a hug because i was extremely happy.

"I still can't believe you." Jenna said to Ryan. They were off in their own conversation.

"I told you i'm not leaving you." Ryan said.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Ryan got offered another scholarship and turned it down to stay here with me." Jenna sighed.

"I love you to much to leave you." He pressed his lips to her temple.

"I love you too." She smiled softly closing her eyes.

"Well i think that's awesome." I smiled.

"We'll see you guys later." Ryan said. We waved bye and they left to go to his car.

"So?" I asked Dylan jumping up and down.

"I got offered a scholarship." He said smiling still looking shocked that he got one. "You?"

"I got offered two!" I jumped up and down.

"Holy crap seriously Soph?! That's amazing!" He smiled picking me up spinning me around. "And you were nervous."

"Shut up." I laughed. "Come on lets get to the hospital."

We jumped in the car and started our way to the hospital. I was fidgeting in my seat with excitement. Dylan kept laughing at me but i just blew him off laughing more.

"So what schools?" Dylan asked.

"Oh yeah. Hold on let me check again." I said opening the folder. "Here and Florida. How about you?"

Dylan grew silent and didn't say anything. This worried me and made me nervous. Maybe he was just messing with me or didn't hear me.

"Dylan?"

"Hm?" He hummed.

"Did you hear me or are you ignoring the question?" I swallowed hard.

"I got a scholarship for a college in New Jersey." Dylan spoke never taking his eyes off the road.

"Oh." My breath hitched in my throat as i held back tears that we wouldn't even be in the same state for college.

"Soph," We pulled up to a stop light. "Hey, look we'll work it out. It'll be okay i promise." He leaned over and placed a kiss on my cheek.

"Okay." I sighed closing my eyes. Dylan turned my head and pecked my lips.

"I love you." He whispered.

"I love you too." I wiggled my nose against him causing both of us to laugh.

The light turned green and we continued our way to the hospital. I really miss having Gracie around. And now with the baby almost here, i feel like we're just drifting. I want her back. We arrived at the hospital and signed in. Making our way up to the labor/pregnancy floor, it was quiet. I knocked and heard Gracie say come in so went entered.

"Hey Gracie how are you - oh my goodness Gracie!" I said.

"I'd like you to meet little Landon Jake." Gracie smiled.

"Gracie," I smiled walking over to the bed. Pulling back the blanket away from his face a little. "He's precious. Why didn't you tell me?" I asked.

"I wanted to surprise you." She laughed.

"Can i hold him?" I asked.

"Of course." She smiled. I carefully picked Landon up from her arms.

"I love the name by the way." I smiled. "Where's Vinnie?" I asked. Gracie laughed pointing to the corner of the room. Vinnie was sleeping in the chair in the corner.

"I was in labor all night and all morning i delivered him mid morning around 10ish. So we both passed out but Vinnie's still sleeping i had to get up to feed him." Gracie giggled.

"Was it hard?"

"It was uncomfortable until i got epidural (A/N: it's a shot of pain medicine. Google it for a better definition lol) then it was just a lot of pressure. It just took a long time." She yawned. I nodded and then turned my focus back to Landon.

"Hello little Landon, i'm your Aunt Soph." I whispered.

"And godmother." Gracie added. Landon scrunched his nose a little.

"Dylan look!" I cooed. "I wanna keep him." I giggled.

"Sorry but that one's mine." She laughed.

Dylan pulled me up a chair and i sat. Gracie let me hold Landon until he got fussy and needed food. So i handed him back so she could feed him. Vinnie finally woke up and we were all just talking.

"So i got some news myself. Not as exciting as having a baby but pretty exciting news." I laughed.

"Okay well spill kid!" Gracie said.

"I got offered two scholarships for softball."

"Soph! That's amazing i'm so happy for you! Come here so i can hug you!" Gracie beamed. I stood up and she side hugged me.

"Thanks but there's one problem."

"What?" Vinnie asked.

"I got a scholarship for a college in New Jersey. Soph's are here in Cali or Florida." Dylan said. "But i told her, it's fine and we'll make it work."

"I just don't want to be that far away from you..." I sighed.

"I think you guys will be fine. It'll suck but you two are like meant to be. There won't be any problems." Gracie said.

"I agree." Vinnie added.

"Thanks guys." I said.

Somehow, thankfully, the conversation shifted after that. We visited for 2 hours and then left to let them all rest. Holding Landon actually made me sad, thinking of if i had had my baby. I hid it from Dylan because i didn't want him to worry and decided i could/would talk about it during therapy this week.

~Day of therapy~

I ran Dr. Walker down of my whole week like we always did. Explaining about the scholarships and how i felt about not wanting to be that far from Dylan. I shared that Gracie had her baby - i didn't share at the time how i felt - and how i got to go see him a few times and how adorable he was. After that she asked me her typical line of questions when we hit the one i dreaded the most.

"So was there any moment of server sadness, depression or anger this week? Anything in particular that upset you?" She asked.

"Um, yes there was..." I mumbled. She motioned her hands for me to elaborate for her. "When we went to go visit Gracie in the hospital after she had Landon. I got to hold him, his little button nose and soft skin. I was happy he's finally here and that he's healthy. I was grateful Gracie was doing well but the longer i held him. The more upset i got. I thought about when i was pregnant back in December." I stopped, clearing my throat as the tears over flowed down my cheeks. Keep in mind losing the baby was one of the reasons i started therapy. "I thought about, what if i had my baby. What would it have been like. It upset me to think about what happened. How suddenly i knew and then lost him or her. All because of something i had no control over. So i wasn't only upset, i became angry thinking of what the doctors should of done but didn't. That was the worst moment of this week."

"Well i'm glad that you were able to express that. I can see how you're improving on your skills of opening up instead of bottling everything up inside. Which is great. Especially on that topic. But now lets focus on how to make you feel better about this now." She took a sip of her coffee.

She gave me this whole list of things to think about next time i get that feeling. To hopefully help stop the feeling before it over takes me. After my session ended i stayed a few minutes just to relax. Once i pulled myself together i made my way out to the waiting room where Dylan was, in his usual corner. He pulled me into a hug and kissed the top of my head.

"You were in there a little longer today are you okay?" He whispered.

"I'm fine. Just had a lot to talk about." I smiled softly pecking his lips.

"It was a very eventful week." He said standing up taking my hand.

"Yup," I said popping the P.

Making our way to the car i felt tired. On the way to his house i fell asleep with my head pressed against the window. I was awakened but Dylan picking me up to carry me inside. We took a small nap before getting up to finish our homework. Thankfully it's almost over! Only like a week and a half left of school. Then i decided i wanted to talk about the scholarships because i had to pick one. Dylan excepted his so he id going back to Jersey, not his family just him for school.

"Soph i want you to pick where you want to go. Don't worry about me or us, we'll make it work no matter where either of us is." Dylan said.

"I just hate the idea of no matter which i pick i'll be so far away from you." I sighed.

"Soph look at me." Dylan pulled me between his legs. His one hand cupped my cheek and i nuzzled into it. "I love you. And no matter how far apart we are i'm still going to love you and you're still going to love me. We'll make it work. Yes it'll suck not seeing each other everyday, holding each other in our arms but." He started to tear up. "We'll make it through it. I promise." He smiled.

I placed my hand on top of Dylan's and pulled it down from my cheek. Looking down at our hands i just fiddled with his in mine. Interlocking our fingers and thinking of how much i'm going to miss him. How much i'll miss being able to do stuff like this. I heard Dylan sigh as a tear fell onto his leg from my cheek.

"What if you find someone else... That you like better than me Dyl." I chocked on my words.

"Not gonna happen you know why?" He asked and i nodded no. "Because i don't just like you Soph. I love you, there's a difference."

"I love you too."

"We still have a few months before we'll be apart so please don't cry now." Dylan spoke softly.

"I know..." I sniffled. "What if i picked Florida? That way we're both on the east coast and if we fly to see each other we'll be in the same time zone so we won't lose time and it's a shorter flight."

"Go where you want to. We'll make it work." He kissed my forehead, repeating the same words he's been saying for days. Leaning over i snuggled my head into his chest.

"I'm gonna miss this..." I whispered.

"Me too Soph... But we have until August so we have time to spend together still." He said.

"Kids time for dinner!" Dylan's mom yelled through the door.

"We'll be down in a minute!" Dylan yelled back. "Think about it a little okay, talk with your parents. Pick whatever's best for you."

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"Thanks for driving me home." I smiled.

"Never a problem Soph." Dylan smiled. I didn't get out of the car. I sat there staring out the window. "What are you thinking about?" He asked.

"Everything." I said.

"Well what specifically?" He asked.

"Us. Or future together..." I sighed.

"I guarantee after college you and I will move in together. Get married and have little Sophia and Dylan babies running around before you know it." Dylan chuckled.

"That's something i look forward to." I smiled.

"Me too Soph." He kissed my cheek. "Now go get some rest." Dylan nudged me with his nose causing me to smile.

"Goodnight Dyl." I giggled getting out of the car.

"Night princess." He smiled. My stomach did flips as he's never called me princess before but it was cute. I waved bye and then slipped inside to get some sleep.

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I feel like this is a little shorter than my usual chapters (i'm not really sure though i cant tell) but i think it's really cute! Finally Gracie had her baby and you find out the name. But then theres the bitter of Dyl & Soph going to different colleges. I hope you like it! Comment, like, vote✨ Krissy