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beat everyone home today. My mom and dad always came home later from work. My siblings came after the bus dropped them off, and with their school being a little further than mine, I was home first most of the time. But there were times when they were home early too. Just then my father stepped from around the corner, halting my assumption and victory for some peace and quiet from my family members. “Hey girls, how was school?” He smiled at me warmly.
    “Hey dad, school was good.” I muttered.
    “Hello, Mr. Toth, how are you?” Blair asked.
    “Fine Blair, just fine.” He murmured, as he came to give me a hug and a kiss, and grabbed a bottle of water. I could tell by his clothes that he was working on the car today. He had oil and car grease all over his blue denim overalls. He headed back out of the kitchen, and I pulled a bag of popcorn from the cabinet, which was our routine when Blair would come over. We’d eat popcorn and do homework, gossip, or watch re-runs of “ My So Called Life” on DVD. But today was different. I felt as if I had my heart broken, and no one knew it, but myself, not even Johnathan Pierce knew… yet. As soon as the popcorn started to pop, Blair leaned over the bar grinning at me, and I smiled back. “What?” I asked, while pouring us some juice.
    “Do you still want to know the dirt I dug up on your crush?” The mention of him made my eyes immediately water, but I knew I had to suck it up, before she figured out that there was more going on here than I had led on.
    “Sure, what did you find out?” I murmured, with as much excitement as I could muster up.
    “You look so gloomy, your cramps must be really bad right now.” She scrunched her eyes at me.
    “Yeah they are, so go on… tell me.”
    “Well, he is not from this area, and he is an only child. Both his parents are dead... something about some accident a long time ago. He lives with his aunt and uncle, who live here, but before, he lived with his grandmother. Oh, and guess what??” She shrieked.
    “What?” I huffed. I was over this conversation, I didn’t want to hear anything else about him. I was done with him, and Blair needed to know it.
    “He is loaded. He has a huge trust fund.” She yelped.
    “Oh, good for him.” I smugly replied.
    “This means he will have money, and can travel and do whatever he wants. That is the kind of man I want in my life, one who is financially free.” She sighed, as I scoffed. I would never understand why people let money change them. I saw it all the time. Money became a religion for some, it controlled their lives, but I never understood such idiocy. Especially when there were so many in need, so many that are poor worldwide. I really didn’t understand why Blair was so interested in Johnathan's trust fund. It was his for goodness sake. Furthermore, she had one of her own, unlike me who didn’t have one. I had money for my college tuition, but I didn’t have a trust outside of that. But I was humbled and very grateful to have what I did have, even though I wasn’t a trust fund baby like Johnathan. Blair was a trust fund baby, too, but hers would be tied up until she finished at least five years of college. Her parents were lawyers, so her future was pretty much already in her DNA.
    She would become a lawyer, and that was her only option if she wanted that trust fund. I dumped the popcorn in the bowl, and we headed up stairs. We made a right, and I opened my room door to see my queen sized bed, my TV, dresser, and my laptop on my small desk. I loved the color purple, and preferred it when I had a choice in colors, so I had a purple theme going on in my life. “There is more to life than money Blair, what about love and respect?” I asked, tossing my book bag on my bed, as she jumped on my bed alongside it, tossing her book bag in front of her.
    “I understand that too, Kat, but there’s nothing wrong with living on the wild side once and a while. For goodness sake, we are