Round Two: My Second Chance

Round Two: My Second Chance

Baxy Koseluk

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Last thing I remembered was pain, then cold, then nothing. I woke up back in my old bedroom, seventeen again, just months before senior year officially began. My heart pounded as I realized: a second chance. But the horror truly started when I walked into Northwood High and saw them: Mark Olsen and Tiffany Vance, draped over each other, flashing smug smiles that radiated pure evil. They caught my eye, and in their gaze, I saw it-not surprise, but chilling recognition. They knew. They were back too. Just like before, they immediately set out to ruin me, mocking my dream of MIT and launching a vicious smear campaign on an anonymous gossip forum, accusing me of cheating and mental instability. They thought their rebirth was a VIP pass to success, flaunting their "past life" knowledge and believing they were invincible. This wasn't some cosmic second chance just for me; it was Round Two, and they were playing dirty, again. My first life, they ruined it completely, watching triumphantly as my world crumbled, my scholarship lost, my future shattered. The humiliation, the years of struggle, ultimately leading to my death, flashed before my eyes. But that cold dread transformed into an unshakeable resolve. This time, I wouldn't break. This time, I would reclaim my destiny. Challenge accepted.

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Last thing I remembered was pain, then cold, then nothing.

I woke up back in my old bedroom, seventeen again, just months before senior year officially began.

My heart pounded as I realized: a second chance.

But the horror truly started when I walked into Northwood High and saw them: Mark Olsen and Tiffany Vance, draped over each other, flashing smug smiles that radiated pure evil.

They caught my eye, and in their gaze, I saw it-not surprise, but chilling recognition.

They knew.

They were back too.

Just like before, they immediately set out to ruin me, mocking my dream of MIT and launching a vicious smear campaign on an anonymous gossip forum, accusing me of cheating and mental instability.

They thought their rebirth was a VIP pass to success, flaunting their "past life" knowledge and believing they were invincible.

This wasn't some cosmic second chance just for me; it was Round Two, and they were playing dirty, again.

My first life, they ruined it completely, watching triumphantly as my world crumbled, my scholarship lost, my future shattered.

The humiliation, the years of struggle, ultimately leading to my death, flashed before my eyes.

But that cold dread transformed into an unshakeable resolve.

This time, I wouldn't break.

This time, I would reclaim my destiny.

Challenge accepted.

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