Unwritten Desires

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ief and I let myself sink back into the p

g against the brightness of the screen. As I swiped a

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that I jolted upwards, my phone

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d stared at the date again, just to confirm if I was seeing things but I

wing my legs over the edge of the bed. There was no time to waste. Frankly speaking I had all the t

anything to go

ent for years now and I had gotten used to leaky pipes and rats in the ceiling. It's not like I could complain or

e I could think of getting a new apartment. Splashing water on my face, I glanced at myse

m." I mumbled to myself picking out a litt

ng, "Well whatever happens, I know I'm

ready running through my to-do list. Outfit, makeup, hair

ht be too excit

small wardrobe, pulling out the clothes I'd picked out days a

ct that I'd only worked in restaurants, malls and stores...

inkles or stains as I could never trust this rusty

l my brown skin looked flawless. A hint of blush warmed my cheeks, and I applied a soft pink lipstick that added just th

lection. My hair proved to be more of a challenge. After scowling at it for a few minutes

le she could do other than a high bun. Letting it loose was

it would do. I glanced at the clock

elf to some food. Who knew how

e they gave me but I wasn't sure if I was going to sto

er and grabbed a granola bar from the counter. I nibbled

dge Publ

t the name made my

rview felt like a once-in-a-lifetime chance. I didn't actually expect them to acc

arching the company. I memorized facts about their latest publications. But n

u're not go

my head. "Nope. Not, today." I muttered, toss

I had packed everything I was going to need. Satisfied, after skimming through the bag, I zipped

city was alive, cars honking in the distance, people rushing past me on the sidewalk. From the look of things, I

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get a cab. Luckily I found one...but it was on the other side of the

s Manhattan we were talking about. The place was always packed, who knows if the next person was going to spill a cup of latte on my shirt

s almost done crossing over I felt someone brush past me knockin

ure of who had hit me in the first place. I rolled my eyes before bending over to pick up my cracked

ediately turned towards me and apologized before running off. From the

t made u

ast those people again. I was also glad that I also managed to get past them without getting my shirt stained b

as expected I wasn't the only one who noticed. The people around started panicking but I didn

side of the road. I needed to find a cab as soon as

d I fought the urge to roll my eyes. Sometimes people can b

screams had increased. I had assumed that they were screaming because they were scared and fre

but my body coul

n i

me and that was when I realized I wasn

ing me straight to the ground. My head then coll