Unit III

As they all sat down for dinner at the Bishop's residence everyone was complimenting how wonderful Ava's cooking was. In fact, the smile on her face was enough for her to be filled without eating anything more on her plate.

"We have great news," Ethan Sterling said. Ethan was the father of the Sterling family and he was quite reserved and spoke only when necessary.

"Must be great news" Seraphina murmured.

Like her younger sister, she was also uninterested in the going on at the table. She always wondered why she had to eat with the old people and that included Kieran who was five years older than her.

"Drop the book, Ara," Ava said with a stern voice.

Arabella had been indifferent to the happenings at the table and had her nose buried in the book she brought from the library. She slowly put her bookmark into the pages and dropped the book on the floor beside her. She would rather read those books than listen to the boring adult conversation.

If the Sterlings had a child their age maybe dinner would have been fun as they would have someone to chat with but the only son of the Sterling family was Kieran and he was twenty years. A whole ten years older than her. There mo a conversation they would have that could benefit both parties.

Kieran like his father barely spoke. Seraphina had said it was because he was not around those his age. She said that when he was still in high school he was part of the popular jocks and that he spoke with them.

"Your good news," Ava said excitedly her eyes shining.

"Kieran would finally be going to college this year," Everly said smiling. She was the mother to Kieran.

She had wanted her son to go to college immediately after he graduated high school but he had taken two years off to purchase his dream in photography. He had never considered it what he wanted to do but he decided to give a trial and work on it before going back to school to study business administration.

"Oh my" Ava said her hands going over her mouth.

The adults were glad that Kieran was going after his photography dream but could not help but worry about him. They wanted him to go to college. The joy Ava felt for her friend was radiating through.

She opened and closed her mouth multiple times like a gasping fish. She wanted to say something but couldn't find the right words for expressions.

"This calls for a celebration," Richard said. He too was genuinely happy for his wife's friends.

"Has he gotten into any schools?" Richard added.

"We had no idea he was applying but he applied to four Ivy's and got accepted into all" Everly bragged.

It was a good thing to brag about and feel proud of. After all her git into Ivy's.

"Congratulations," Ava said happy for them.

Being a competitive person maybe the only reason she felt happy for them was because none of her daughters were yet up to the task of getting into Ivy's. She was going to make her children get accepted into Six Ivy's to beat her friend.

"Girls congratulate your friend," Richard said. He knew quite well that his girls and the next-door boy were not friends and did not get along. He knew the hated the weekly dinners and that his eldest daughter wanted to watch her favorite show while the other read her book all night.

"Congratulations Kieran" they chorused together with a fake smiles on their face.

"Thanks," Kieran said taking a sip of the water.