"Maybe people are younger when they sleep."
'The Outsiders'.
The next morning, I went to drop my application at the registration office. The woman at the desk introduced herself as Mrs. Hutton. She asked me to have a seat while she took the application to Dean Berkowitz. I had a seat and suddenly felt quite nervous. I had been hoping to drop the application off without having to do anything else. I didn't feel prepared for anything other than that.
I must have been sitting there for almost forty-five minutes and then realized that I had to go to the bathroom. I excused myself, went to the restroom, and debated on whether I should return. I decided that waiting was my only option. I washed my hands, fixed my lip-gloss, and returned to wait.
Mrs. Hutton came in about ten minutes later an
