“Are we wrong though? Giving you that spot would’ve been a waste.”
“So what–now you’re back just to rub it in our faces that Noah still can’t forget you?!”
Elise Simmons was furious, flustered by her own anger.
That was when I realized both she and Noah had misunderstood the reason I returned.
Actually, it wasn’t just the two of them–a lot of people had gotten it wrong.
It wasn’t that I didn’t want to explain.
It was just that soon, they would all find out for themselves.
That night, my old homeroom teacher posted a message on her Moments feed.
A former classmate who followed her took a screenshot and sent it to the alumni group.
It caused an immediate uproar.
Her caption read: “Congratulations to my student. Seven years ago, I was heartbroken when you gave up your spot at Harvard. But now, as a rising star in the art world, you’ve been invited to exhibit at The Armory Show. I couldn’t be
prouder.”
She attached a photo of the invitation, along with a poster for my exhibition.
The poster had my name, my photo, and one of my featured works.
Even those who didn’t understand art recognized the person in the photo right away.
“Our high school teacher just posted this–wait, is that Mint?”
“So she came back for an exhibition? That’s incredible!”
“Yeah, I remember she studied art in high school.”
“Wait a second. Didn’t someone say she only studied art because her grades were bad and she couldn’t get into college? Now they’re saying she turned down Harvard?”
The screenshot set off a wave of messages.
Naturally, someone with free time started Googling my name to verify it.
After days of gossiping about my love life with Noah, people finally turned their attention to what I had been doing these
past seven years.
“It’s true! Mint graduated from one of the top art schools in the world. One of her paintings sold for over a million dollars a couple of years ago!”
“And she has hundreds of thousands of followers online. A lot of art media outlets have reported on her.”
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“You guys didn’t know? Mint was the most talented art student in our year. She passed portfolio reviews and interviews at the four top art schools in the U.S. And her SAT/ACT scores were amazing–she totally qualified for those schools,”
Then, a former classmate who had also studied art chimed in.
Back then, art students and general academics had separate buildings, so we didn’t share much information.
Noah had assumed my scores just barely made the Ivy League cutoff.
What he didn’t know was that those scores were already more than enough to go to the same school as him.
