Haley Wilder is an optimist and a 'Go With The Flow' type of person, not really understanding the need to plan her every step in life.
All of this changes a week after her Senior Prom.
Her Senior Prom.
The night where 'it' happened.
Two big 'it's ac...
Resilience-(n.) the ability to become strong, healthy, or successful again after something bad happens
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I gasp and sit up in my chair, coughing as a way to desperately get air to my constricted lungs.
I faintly hear someone's footsteps rush around me until a cold bottle of water appears in my line of sight.
I snatch the bottle out of the unknown person's hand, desperately chugging the chilled water.
I am silent as I chug half of this bottle's water in practically no time at all.
I remove the bottle's spout from my lips, swallowing the cold liquid in one large gulp.
Wow.
That was way too close.
I pant as I desperately try to catch my breath.
"Hey, are you okay?" Someone asks me
I furrow my eyebrows at this voice.
Wait-
That voice sounds familiar.
Someone squats down in front of me as they intertwine their fingers and rest their elbows on their opened thighs.
I glance up at the mystery person, a worried facial expression resting on their face.
They have collarbone length brunette hair that is parted down the middle and styled in soft curls. They have coffee colored highlights towards the front of their head, most of them being in the very front of their hair.
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Wait a minute.
Is this-
My jaw drops as soon as I notice them.
"Phoenix?" I ask, more like whisper
The girl furrows her eyebrows.
"Yes?" She replies
Oh my god!
My heart jumps in my chest.
"W-What are you doing here?!" I ask
I mentally facepalm at my voice for stuttering.
'She is really hot! What do you expect?!'
The girl continues to give me a confused facial expression.
"We drove here together," she informs me
What?
"You asked me to come because you were freaking out earlier today" she says
It is my turn to give her a confused facial expression.
