Chapter 1
"And I am late again!"
Lucy Hale sobbed as she hastily slipped her foot in the sandal. She was sipping orange juice from a small can which was her only breakfast.
As she stepped out, she almost collided with her neighbor, Mrs. Zaira.
"Oh, dear! Be careful! You almost broke my eggs."
"Sorry, Aunt Zaira! But I am getting late!"
"Didn't your alarm wake you up on time?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I forgot to set one."
"..."
Mrs. Zaira grimaced and nagged. "Today seems to be an important day and you forgot to set the alarm. That's why I always say you are so ditzy. Your head is always in the clouds. If you stay the way you are, you won't even realize when somebody makes a fool out of you."
Lucy rushed. "Sorry Aunt but I will fully listen to your scolding when I return. For now, I have to rush, or else I am dead if I am late today for University!"
She ran like the speed of lightning.
"Wait! Is that orange juice your only breakfast?"
But she was already gone.
Mrs. Zaira sighed. "Oh, dear. She can't even take care of herself. I hope she meets someone who could."
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Lucy charged towards the University gate and the moment she stepped inside, her knees gave out.
"Hah...hah…" she gasped heavily, "I am here... I am finally here…I made it."
She checked the time.
There were only five minutes before the seminar would start.
"Ughhhh! Only five minutes! Can this poor soul not even rest for a moment?" She cried.
Lucy started with her marathon again but this time it wasn't a smooth road as before. Her head was only focussing on reaching the seminar hall and she realized a second late that she had collided with someone.
The file she held flew open and all the papers that she had orderly stuffed inside rained down like a violent storm.
Lucy went blank.
