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      You stand there, engulfed in a crowd of strangers…completely frozen.   All the cheering instantly stops, the room falling dead silent.   Your eyes go wide impulsively, every inch of you startled to oblivion as you look ahead.   You…you could have sworn you just heard your name.   But…that’s impossible.   For a second, you’re absolutely positive you misheard; that your imagination is playing a cruel, untimely trick on you. But Covington’s confirmative gaze finds you through the assembly, his eyes settling on yours.   “Come… 阅读更多

      Your stomach growls as you scurry off the bus, angry at you for not putting any food in it which, you know from experience, is always a huge mistake. But, thanks to an exceptionally tardy slumber, you ended up smacking the snooze button one too many times, almost missing your designated commute, and the last thing on your mind during this morning’s frenzy was breakfast.   You practically run inside the building, looking and feeling crazy with the stack of binders huddled awkwardly between your arms. With… 阅读更多

        Suspension. Total, utter suspension. That’s the only way you can describe this feeling.   This…phenomenon.   Everything suddenly hits pause. Your lungs. Your limbs. Your heart. Even time itself.   A severe, almost animalistic glare fills your entire line of vision, peering down at you. Scrutinizing. Examining. Penetrating.   For seconds without motion or measure, you stare speechlessly into the most exceptional, breathtaking eyes you’ve ever seen…   And the stunning face of the man they belong to.   A solitary, singular thought comes to mind:… 阅读更多

      In another moment, you’re standing in a new hallway; that of Earth Capital’s Biodiversity department. The one you’ve envisioned since you switched majors.   You walk through the corridor, slower this time, as if all the pores on your body are trying to absorb every bit of this space. Every bit of this moment. And you take it all in, embracing the present like you never have before…   Until you get to office 319.   Your countenance falls as you regard the door in front of… 阅读更多

      You inhale, long and deep, your eyelids fluttering in tandem with your heart as you watch the sign in front of you get larger and larger.   You walk ahead, still in utter disbelief as you near the acclaimed building.   Earth Capital.   Holy.   Freaking.   Crap…   You’re actually here.   For real, for real here.   After a relatively smooth, twenty-minute commute, you arrive at the physical pinnacle of your dreams over an hour early thanks to the trial run you did yesterday…. 阅读更多

      You pace back and forth, your legs propelling you like turbines as they practically swerve across the carpet.   You can’t stay still, restless with barely-contained excitement for tomorrow. A billion thoughts race through your mind, all surrounding the newest major development in your life, the most pressing of which you’re currently focused on:   What the hell you’re going to wear.   You stand in front of your tall mirror, the single item in your bedroom that looks like you spent a hundred times more on… 阅读更多

        Yup.   You’re twenty-three years old, currently reside in California—aka the “State of Fornication”—attend a run-of-the-mill college, live with a stripper…and still haven’t “done the do” yet.   If one were to inquire why that is, they’d most likely get varied answers that range anywhere from, A: You must be some sort of uptight prude or B: You’re archaically saving yourself for marriage to C: You’re a closet lesbian and D: You’re just really, really awkward around members of the opposite aforementioned.   All depending on… 阅读更多

        Two Weeks Later…       The air conditioner hums in the distance, the cool interior a stark contrast to the sharp, blazing sun outside. It’s unusually hot. Uncharacteristically humid. Yet another byproduct of global warming.   Even so, you’ll take it over the depressing blizzard weather back in Salina this time of year any day.   For the very first time, you sit at a corner of the dainty, independent café you’ve been waiting tables at for almost three years.   As a customer.  … 阅读更多

      Relief washes over you as you turn the key in the lock, finally standing in front of a door that you’re actually eager to walk through after the day you’ve had.   A hyper, endearingly-obnoxious cat greets you as soon as you push it open, purring at your feet.   “Hey, sweetheart,” you murmur, stroking his shiny, pitch-black coat when he paws at your leg repeatedly.   You step inside your apartment, closing the door behind you. The lights are on. Michaela, your roommate, cousin, and mother… 阅读更多

      You pop your knuckles, your arms stretching as far as they can go as a tired yawn escapes you.   Finally…   Almost another hour later, you hit ‘publish’ and watch your post go live, exhausted beyond belief.   You can, without a doubt, call it a day now.   A sense of relief washes over you for what you’ve accomplished for the day, but you also feel overwhelmed by what you still have left to do. Not to mention, the aftermath of the interview. The anticipation… 阅读更多