ND was playing Boston College that day, and Audrey’s dad wanted to walk the campus at sunrise for good luck. We were eating steak sandwiches by eight a.m., and drinking root beer in the student center at nine. It was one of the best days of my life, just being with Audrey and her dad, watching them share Notre Dame together: the campus, the football, the mass after the game. And now that she was going to Notre Dame next year for school, too, I wondered what it would be like going to the same college as her, something we used to dream about when we were younger. I wondered if there was any way to get us back to where we used to be, or even just a little closer. I checked Public Party, like I always did when I woke up. The site was announcing deliberation at Public headquarters to choose the twelve Public Pretty App Reality Show contestants from among the thousands of high school Pretty App winners. They were calling the show The Pretty App Live, and Pia Alvarez was the host. Pia Alvarez got her start on a reality singing contest years ago, and ever since she’s been hosting television shows and covering news on Entertainment Tonight.
