Part 26 (1/2)

”Like the East Coast?”

”Like Oregon or Montana.”

”Do you want snow or ocean?”

”There's a glacier in Montana. I heard that all the glaciers in America are melting. They'll be gone before we're old.”

”So snow?”

”I don't know,” I said. ”I heard the Oregon coast is amazing.”

”So ocean?”

”I don't know. I guess I can't decide.”

”What will you major in?”

I said, ”I have no idea.”

She said, ”You like English, right?”

”Yeah,” I said, ”but I just like to read for fun.”

She said, ”Well, you like art.”

I said, ”Yes. I like art.”

”So art, then.”

”Okay.”

”Maybe you'll have a gallery show.”

”Or just go to a lot of galleries.”

”You'll be brilliant,” Ingrid said. ”Maybe you'll be a professor or something, and all your students will have crushes on you.”

I smiled. I turned over to face her.

I said, ”What about you?”

She shrugged. ”You know. I'll photograph, travel.”