[David & Izak] The Basketball Diaries

[arollingstoner]

Dad had texted just before practice that he was going to be late again - and Mom was in London tonight, anyway, sleeping off her last international flight - so David hadn't seen much point in going home. Probably would have just been Rosa's enchiladas, he thought. Not that it was a bad thing, but sitting at the kitchen island in their silent apartment wasn't exactly his idea of a good time.

Of course, the problem with going to school where he did was that everyone else he knew - even the other guys on the team - were too worried about whether they'd get into Notre Dame or Stanford or wherever to do anything that might approach fun. Never mind they'd all been admitted now. Hell, he was even admitted now, even if his five acceptances didn't have Ivy cachet. They were all stuck in the habit, even now that grades didn't matter anymore.

Well, whatever, he thought as he sacked out on a bench and glanced in all directions before he slipped a joint out of his pocket. Just a few more months of this, then they'd all be away. It probably didn't much matter now.

He barely saw the shadow of someone coming by him as he was lighting up, and David's eyes flashed upwards, uncharacteristically sharp and incisive for a moment. Then he saw who it was, and he grinned.

"Hey, Kagan. You're out late. Riding herd on your baby sis?"

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[nerdydna]

"Nah, man. Even I know when I'm over doing it. I have a full schedule, I probably don't even have time for it. Just sort of sucked the way the class schedules worked out, you know?" He said, with a shrug as they walked on. "It's cool, anyway. I mean, I can take a course in college, and maybe go down that road. Who knows. Heck, I might just take a gap year, anyway, and like...travel. Maybe something out there will catch my interest even more."

Because he'd lived a somewhat sheltered life if he were honest with himself. "Sorry....My extreme nerd is showing."

[arollingstoner]

"A gap year sounds awesome," David said, slightly relieved to get off the subject of college and career paths. Both subjects tended to make his skin crawl a little bit. "Dad's pretty insistent I go straight off to college. The sigh of relief was immense when I got the magic letters back from Dartmouth and USC. I think probably I'll be heading off to New Hampshire in the fall. Haven't decided for sure yet, though."

L.A. sounded like it would be his kind of place, really, as much as Adam wanted him to go Ivy.