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Submitted to Contest #224
I’m 31 years old and have never pulled an all-nighter. I’ve never needed to. My study schedule for every exam in university had been carefully and methodically organized and scheduled. I never leave things until the last minute. I attend the occasional party but have never felt the desire to stay up past sunrise. But as I stare down at my fiancé's hospital bed at 7:03 AM, I realize this will be my first. And it’s my fault he’s here.The Night BeforeWhite chalk paint drips down the front of my oversized green sweatshirt. The garage door had ba...
A loud crash jolts Emily out of her slumber. Her foggy sleep-addled brain takes in her surroundings in confusion. Her physics textbook lay open on the desk in front of her, with a pool of drool where she had fallen asleep. Her cubicle against the back wall of the university library is dark; the fluorescent light panel above her is burnt out and the next closest light several feet in front is flickering ominously as if it is about to burn out as well. Before she had succumbed to sleep, the sunlight had streamed in through the windows along...
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