Is it Reality Yet?

Chapter 2: A New Rising

I'm sitting in math class, contemplating what my last words will be, as the teacher refuses to shut up. I am sleep deprived, burnt out, and tired; at least that's what I feel like, because if you are asking me to describe it emotionally, I'm no help.
The teacher is going on about finding the volume of a cylinder as I take down the same notes I've been writing all year, as if a major test is coming up. I check the time. Not that I'm bored, I'm just feeling like a pancake with a mind that has been run over several times by a Ford truck. Ugh. This isn't what I signed up for when I joined school. I thought it would give me something to feel for, something to fight for; No. This is a waste of ti-
**RING** **RING**
Finally, time to go home. To the real thing to fight for; a roof over my head.I need to stop by the butcher to find a job (and tonight's dinner), because ends are just not meeting the way they should be.

That's when I see him.

What the actual fuck. How the actual fuck. Who the actual fuck. Is this emotion? FEELING? No, Maybe, huh?
*get it together Audrya!*

I have to talk to him! Who is he? Is this excitement? This is new.
"Hi!"
"Um, hello?"
"What is your name??"
"I'm Alex. I am I supposed to know you?"
"No, buy I am!"
*shit, what is this feeling now? Embarrassment? Awkwardness? Why did I say that??*
"Um, ok, I have to get back to work. Bye."
"Ok, Bye 👋 "
I smile and wave. I didn't know I could do that to be honest. Smiling has never been a thing I could do, especially when interacting with someone.