Mona found herself in the dark room. "12:50" was now displayed.
"Alright. That's that."
The numbers turned green and Mona woke up. She looked at her phone.
21st January
Friday
1:10am
"Just 1 more time." She said picking her watch up.
She set the time 12:50pm.
"Let's see now, if it works."
She scrolled through her social media feed for an hour and a half and played a game on her phone for 3 hours, after which she got out of bed, took a bath, brushed her teeth, had her breakfast and got ready for college.
"Someone's early." A voice came from behind her while she walked to college.
She turned to find Alexandra, her best friend since primary school walking up to her.
"Morning, Alex." She greeted as she walked by her side.
"Morning. So what's the occa- whoa you look really tired." She said.
"I tried to wake up at 6:40 but woke up 5 and a half hours early."
"When do you go to sleep usually?" Alex asked.
"Around 11:30pm." Mona said.
"You could just go back to sleep after waking up very early." Alex said.
"You know I can't go back to sleep once I wake up." Mona said.
"Okay but try to get a nap during the lunch break or something." Alex said.
They reached college an hour before the bell rang. Since they had time they decided to just chat about the show they watched.
"Today is the series finale. It's finally coming to a close after 7 seasons." Alex said.
"The Extraordinarian written by Eila Falak, right?" Mona said yawning.
"Yup. She said that the series was based on her sisters and their friends. It's finally coming to an end."
"She announced a sequel to that series yesterday."
"That would be based on her "The Storm After The Storm" book. It's like a continuation to the main storyline."
"I'm looking forward to it since TSATS is a fun read."
The bell rang and the teacher entered. Even though Mona was barely able to sray awake no matter how many times she washed her face. She knew the classes by heart now.
The first period was Digital and Analogue Electronics. After that was Maths, after which there was a 10 minute break.
"You want to walk around?" Alex asked.
"Sure" Mona said.
"Are you sure?" Alex asked. "You could barely hold yourself up during class."
"I'll be fine for 10 minutes." Mona said getting up.
"Alright then." Alex said. "Let's go."
They walked around while discussing the story of the Extraordinarian and talking about the show.
The bell rang and they returned to class. The class now was Data Science. After that was System Programing followed by a 45 minute break.
"What did you bring today?" Alex asked pulling her lunch box out of her bag.
"Sandwiches, you can have them." Mona said putting her head down on her table.
"You should eat your lunch. You are a growing lady afterall." Alex said in a maternal voice.
"Okay mom." Mona said sitting up.
After having lunch, Mona fell asleep.
She found herself in the dark room again and found the number glowing red.
"Wrong one then."
Once she woke up, she changed the pm to am.
"You are up before I was able to wake you up." Alex said coming in with a coffee.
"I'm fine now." Mona said getting.
The lunch break was over and they had a 3 hour electronics lab. Mona was hyper alert during the entire thing. It was like her sleepiness was never there in the first place.
After the lab was over, Alex and Mona walked back.
"Man that was exausting. That circuit was correct. Every single wire was in the correct place. Then why wasn't it working?" Alex ranted.
"Maybe the power supply wasn't on." Mona speculated.
"It was on. I had my eye on it."
"Then maybe the IC chip was broken?"
"I checked it with the lab assistant and she said it was in perfect condition."
"Maybe a wire was in bad condition?"
"I switched 2 sets of wires. There is a low chance of both of them having a defective wire."
"Then it was because of your IC chip connection. It was a 14 pin and you do know that 2 slots are left open because of that." Mona said.
"Oh." Alex said. "I didn't think about that."
They kept talking until Mona's house came and they said their goodbyes.
"Welcome back Mona. How was your day?" Mona's mother asked.
"It was okay mom." Mona said going to her room.
Mona spent the rest of the day completing her homework, reading her book and waiting for the final episode. After dinner she went to her room and turned her laptop on. She then waited for a half hour and finally the episode came. She watched it while lying in her bed.
Before the episode could come to an end, she went to sleep.
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Short Story7867 - Just a story which follows Mona as she goes about her day more than once.
