Just a short prologue that maybe... Get your attention?
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I groaned and rolled over, slamming the snooze button on my alarm.
Five more minutes. That was all I needed. Just as sleep started pulling me back under.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
"Yo, Ethan! You alive in there?" my roommate shouted through the door. "If we're late again, the professor's gonna skin us alive!!!"
I clicked my tongue and pushed myself upright, exhaustion clinging to me like a second skin.
And well... Another morning. Another reminder that I dont belong here.
I pulled on my uniform, grabbed my bag, and stepped into the hallway.
Campus was already buzzing as we walked— students laughing, chatting, moving forward.
My roommate rambled on about exams I hadn't studied for when a flash of red hair caught my eye…
Her.
Emma.
The loud one from chemistry. The girl who never missed a chance to remind me... That there's people I Really fucking hate.
She stood by the lockers, pacing back and forth, lips moving.
"Six… seven." she muttered. "hehe."
I slowed, watching her with narrowed eyes.
Still annoying as ever.
She noticed me— and her lips curled into that familiar, irritating grin.
"Well, well. If it isn't Ethan knox," she said sharply. "The magic-less loser."
My jaw tightened.
"Why are you even still here?" she continued, stepping closer. "You should've dropped out by now."
She poked my chest once. Then again.
"Pathetic," she whispered, leaning in. "Lo—"
I grabbed her collar and slammed her back against the locker.
The hallway went silent.
"Say that again," I said quietly, looking at her shocked face, "and I will snap your neck."
Her eyes widened— just for a moment.
Then she laughed.
"Wow," she said softly. "Ethan, amazing."
She leaned closer, eyes locking onto mine.
"Still a loser, though."
"There they go again." Student whispered around us.
"Yea, whenever they met eachother they look like exes that fight."
Emma and I glared at both of them, they looked down.
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Andddd after that interaction They fucked... Because something cliche happened, and Fucked again... And again...