"Death pays all debts."
—William Shakespeare
Shakespeare and I have a touchy relationship... he doesn't know I exist, and I wish I didn't know he exists. Ugh!
Great... This was Great.
How the hell was I going to explain to 35 people that I can't die. It was merely impossible to explain it to Steve; so imagine a bunch of awkward teens.
I'm sure I broke my neck? I don't know? I can't tell when I'm unconscious. If only I fainted with my eyes open.
I felt the breeze of people running towards me. And after a while, I started to hear the panicked voices.
I did my usual count from 10, then opened my eyes.
The bright lights of the gym burned my eyes, but the view was soon replaced with a bunch of concerned faces. From what I could make out, they weren't focusing on my face—they were focusing on my lower body.
A girl from my math class screamed, making my sensitive eardrums ring.
"SOMEONE CALL 911!" Another student screamed.
"Everyone calm down!" I recognized Mr. Zip's voice.
I blinked a few times and tried to move my legs. I could flick my right with ease, but my left leg was a whole other story. It felt hollow... empty like it wasn't there. I tried to get up on my arm to see, but someone held me down.
"Don't move Evelyn!" I've never seen Felix so petrified before.
"Why?" I finally pushed past his arms and glanced at my legs. My eyes bulged as I realized why people were staring and freaking out.
My left leg was bent—but not the right way.
Holding in my scream, I shut my eyes and counted backward from ten again.
10
People were talking pictures and freaking out.
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Felix and Darren were telling me it was ok, but their voices passed through my ears. Darren was especially freaking out because this the second time he's seen me hurt.
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Mrs. Zip was calling the ambulance while other teachers from neighbouring classrooms rushed to the gym.
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1
I opened my eyes, expecting my leg to start healing, but it didn't.
It's been over 15 seconds.
I shut my eyes again, this time blocking out the commotion unfolding.
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Once again the light hit my eyes, but the mega realization hit my stomach.
I wasn't healing.
"W-no!!!" I freaked and thrashed but Felix held me down.
"It's ok Evelyn!" He hushed. "Stay with us Evelyn, It's ok."
"It's not ok!!!!" I pushed his arms away and got up to grab at my leg. This wasn't happening, was it? This must have been a dream... a bad dream that I wasn't waking up from. Why wasn't I healing????
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Humor[WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST] "Hello again, Pizza Boy?" I glanced up at him with a smile. The blood was rushing out my head but it didn't bother me. "Are you back to make another attempt on my life?" "Shut up," he fumbled, absolutely petrified. "I-I hate...
