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With the last year of school looming, Hannah Woodville, hopes to keep her head down, get the grades she needs and leave for university.
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Each step I took, my feet pounded into the ground. The destination was slowly getting closer, but it was a place I didn't want to be.
The dreaded day of the business exam had finally landed upon us all. Months of revision was all whittled done to this very moment.
For some reason, even though I was dragging my feet, I got to the exam hall earlier than most of the students. I was the only one in the empty hallway.
All the information was buried deep into my brain, yet I couldn't pin point a single thing. Much of the business terms and syllabus were imprinted into my mind, but there was a dread of going blank.
My feet weren't allowing me to stay still, I continuously walked up and down the hallway, with my face flushed and heated. Crackles within my voice ruptured, as I tried to mumble the extensive amount of information stored into my brain.
The long and vacant hall was eerily quiet, with the hushed murmur of students in the background. Though the sun was shinning brightly and seeping through the window, drowsiness surrounded me. My eyelids were to point of drooping and closing.
My erratic movements and thoughts overwhelmed me, that I didn't realise Zac had arrived into the hallway.
"Nervous?" His low melodious voice danced its way into my ears.
Mumbles only left my mouth as I sped up my quick movements up and down the hall. The dread was building up, my heart was beginning to hammer against my chest.
"Hannah? Are you okay?" Zac asked with slight worry in his tone.
"Am I okay? No I'm not okay. I've been revising and revising, my head feels like it's going to explode. I'm going to forget everything. My mind is going to go blank-"
"Woah, Hannah, relax!" Zac butted in, as my words were just tumbling out of me.
I had no control, my mind was frazzled and I couldn't stop stuttering words. My chest began to heave, my breaths turned short and I was beginning to struggle for air. I was annoyed at myself, I didn't want to have a panic attack, but I lost the ability to control myself.
Zac continued to call out my name, but I kept ignoring him. Panic was washing over me and I was moments away from my legs buckling.
"Hannah stop!" Zac held on to my shoulders, causing me to face him.
I was brought to sudden halt. His strong hold on my shoulders ignited a fire within me. It was like his touch had instantly calmed me down. He didn't need to do anything and I was already back to my normal self.
"Relax, you're going to ace this exam," Zac soothingly reassured me.
"But, what if I go blank," I panted, still slightly out of breath.
"Trust me, you won't. You're the one who helped me to revise, so if anybody is going to go blank it'll be me." Zac's entrancing pupils softened at the seriousness of his words.
