is that my name up on that list?

[beyondtheblonde]

This is a nightmare.

Now, Elle is aware that her definition of "a nightmare" is, in this instance, vastly different from that of most people. To be accepted for three different summer associate positions is something even her fellow students would consider a stroke of good luck. As far as she's heard around campus, most people have been accepted by one, maybe two, places now and made their choices. Plenty of them seem pretty happy about it, too. She's heard lots of gossip at school about the various firms in Darrow and what being an associate entails at different places, and it only makes things that much more difficult.

She receives the call from the third on her way home from school. She's warm, gracious, and grateful, promising to return the call soon with her decision. But that means making a decision, so she decides to skip stopping by home first and make an abrupt detour to Emmett's place.

Knocking quickly, she kisses his cheek as she enters and heads over to flop down on his couch. "I need your help."