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[Calling it the University at California sounded too weird, I am sorry if you wouldn't choose an art career, you can still change the name of the college just as you can change the main character's name]
“Did you get in?”
Even if she was trained to stop attackers at any given time, after dating the fastest boy alive for two years and five months, Victoria could always tell when the one to startle her out of nowhere was him.
“We're in front of the school Wally; I haven't had the time to find out yet” She answered amused at the impatient boy who huffed in response.
Wally had received his letter of admittance for Stanford about a week ago to study physics, he had been excited at the time, but over the course of the week, Victoria could not ignore how restless he was becoming.
He kept asking about her acceptance letters as she had applied for various Universities that had her dream career. She didn't honestly understand why he seemed more interested than her on finding out where she'd get into.
“If you keep acting like this I'm going to assume you just think I probably didn't get admitted anywhere,” She told him her face expressing sadness but her tone betraying her act.
Wally shook his head quickly at her, dismissing the thought “No, I am sure you were probably admitted everywhere it's just”
“Just?” She asked curiously, but Wally shook his head again as if trying to get rid of his thoughts
“Well, which college do you want to join?” He grinned at her but had reached out with one hand to hold hers as they walked.
She recognized the movement of his hand on hers; usually, he'd squeeze her hand softly and then let it rest with hers calmly as they walked.
He had this nervous tick though; he'd start playing with her fingers and palm under his, even reaching out to her cuticles with his thumb and rub them back, she was used to the risk of her polish disappearing whenever she'd paint her nails.
That's what he was doing now, but as much as she wanted to ask him what was wrong, she knew that if he hadn't told her yet he was just not ready, so she'll wait for him to be.
Whatever it was it had to do with her college admittance, and she guessed he didn't want her to end up in a different country.
“I'm not sure. They're all good, and I'm leaning a bit to one that's closer” She smiled.
“Closer to Gotham?” Wally inquired slightly insecure.
At least Victoria felt like it sounded that way, but Wally was smiling at her softly, still suspicious but dismissing it she shrugged.
“I meant on this country, CalArts sounds amazing” She reassured squeezing his hand and while hummed, his hand relaxing on hers.
«•••»
Alfred was out running errands. He had picked Dick from class early due to him having a free period that day and then had been assured Victoria wouldn't need the drive from school.
Wally was grateful for the man when a small pile of letters greeted them both as they entered the manor, three letters to be exact, he had immediately rushed to get them so Victoria could read them, she chuckled at his eagerness.
As Wally walked back to her at an average pace, he skimmed quickly over each address. He paused as he read the address for the third letter and turned back to the first one, then the second one. Again.
Wally frowned as he realized there was no sign for what he had been looking for and Victoria looked at him worriedly as he stopped in front of her thinking.
“What's wrong?”
He hesitated for a moment before voicing out his thought “You did apply for the college in California you liked, right?”
She looked back at Wally surprised then guessed what was wrong and frowned “The letter for it hasn't arrived?” She asked taking the envelopes from his hand and looking at them while making her way to the living room couch.
Wally followed to sit beside her looking over her shoulder to the letters and hearing her sigh.
“It should have arrived today too as far as I know” She admitted, “But if these are acceptance letters then that might mean I wasn't accepted at CalArts.”
Wally shifted beside her before speaking “Well, maybe it's just late, I doubt these aren't acceptance letters.”
Nodding Victoria opened the first one for a college in Vancouver with an excellent reputation which in fact said she had been admitted.
The next letter was for a college in New York she had also been interested in and that had apparently been pretty much interested in her too.
The last one for a college in the UK Bruce thought would be a good idea for her to join, even if the man wasn't the most encouraging about his partners studying far away when he might need them in the city. She had also been accepted to this one.
Victoria smiled happily, proud at having been accepted to the three colleges, even if the one she was leaning more towards wasn't on the list. She turned to grin at Wally, expecting a grin and congratulations but her smile fell when she found him frowning.
Wally was glaring at the letters as if they had personally insulted him. She had to know what was wrong now.
So she took his hand in hers, startling him momentarily “What's wrong, Twinkletoes?”
He smiled slightly at the nickname before sighing “This just messes my plan up a little” He chuckled half-heartedly, again rubbing his thumb over her nails nervously.
Victoria looked at him expectantly, and after a moment Wally went back to explain.
“I know you're never going to be really far, whether you go to the UK, to Canada or just a little up to NYC” He accepted first “I mean, there are Zeta beams everywhere, and we already live in separate states anyway so—“
“Wally” Victoria called his name softly so he'd calm his rambling, Wally sighed and nodded slightly before continuing with a sheepish grin.
“You know how this is, we stay with each other as much as we can but aren't you tired about those moments in which we can't just study together or reach each other immediately? For whatever reason” He inquired curiously.
Victoria nodded immediately, her boyfriend may be Kid Flash, and they may have Zeta beams, but it was still difficult to meet sometimes, or it took a little bit too long for an emergency, sometimes the beams wouldn't work, and that was a problem.
After more than two years together their schedules were getting busier, even when it came to the team, now with college, it would be even worse.
Wally hummed at Victoria's agreement before continuing.
“I was just hoping you'd choose CalArts, a school in the same state as Stanford and well” He rubbed the back of his neck “Since it's so close I hoped you'd like it if we shared an apartment.”
Victoria looked at him surprised, she gulped down, feeling a small excited war on her stomach “You want us to move in together?”
He chuckled at her a little “We wouldn't have to, I just thought it'd be ideal, you know?” He asked as if looking for approval “We've been dating for a bit of a while, so I didn't think about many cons, I think—“
“Wally that'd be amazing” She grinned brightly “We could spend more time together even through horrible and chaotic schedules, we wouldn't have to uselessly complain about the other not getting enough sleep through the phone, we would— There are just too many things that would get better!”
Wally's grin was growing huge the more she spoke, he was getting more excited by the idea now even if it had seemed so distant a moment ago “We— we wouldn't have to ditch the idea completely, you know, I could wake up earlier in the morning and run through zeta's to school”
As he explained this Victoria's grin faltered, she ended up frowning as she considered it “If I study far from California and we move together you'd have the same problems we do now but with your school attendance.”
There was a moment of silence before Wally groaned and leaned forward, he rested his forehead on Victoria's shoulder while she reached for his hands with hers “So much for that plan” He complained bothered.
“Why so gloomy?” Dick's voice came from up the stairs as the 16-year-old teen jumped up on the railing to get down faster “You don't look like two people who're finally ditching school in a couple of weeks.”
Wally turned his head still on Victoria's shoulder to face his best friend and whined: “Victoria got an acceptance letter from every school she applied to except the one that's close to mine.”
Dick, aware of Wally's plans to live together with his sister in California, stiffened, then he rushed upstairs without warning leaving Victoria and Wally staring at him confused.
Soon, the boy rushed back down and offered them another letter; Wally looked shocked sitting up straight while Victoria eagerly reached out for the message, quickly scanning it with her eyes and grinning wide.
To make sure though, she ripped the envelope open and hurried to read it “We're moving in together!” She squealed loudly before crashing against Wally's arms who was still slow on the intake and gaping.
Once it finally sank in, he grinned “You got in! You got in!” He exclaimed loudly, in a flash he was across the room twirling her around on his arms while she laughed and Dick clapped at them happily.
Victoria looked at Dick after she calmed down a little “Why did you have it though?”
Dick shifted slightly “Well, I know you both and I love you both so when I saw it I went upstairs to call Bruce and tell him the school you chose,” Victoria opened her mouth, but Dick quickly stopped her “Of course I knew you'd choose that one, geez.”
Victoria and Wally looked at each other, then shuffled over still in each other's arms until they had reached Dick, making him join the hug, Dick continued after chuckling “Anyways, I kept the letter to give him the address easily.”
“Why did he need the address?” Wally asked curiously, Dick laughed
“To spoil her recklessly, Bruce is looking up apartments for her, so, if you guys want to move in together, you better convince him before he gets a small place.”
Victoria snorted “You think Bruce would get me an apartment that fits only one person?”
“You-you're right, yeah, forget it, don't even worry about telling him” Dick laughed.