Scars

Broken record

Life on campus was like a broken record. Harry's days consisted of the same events; wake up, take a shower, get his stuff ready, head to his classes. Then he went to lunch, with Liam and Niall of course, after all they were his only friends, which followed in him returning to classes, and lastly returning to his dorm room where he would study for tests and/or do his projects.

Sadly even the weekends were broken records, filled with even less eventful stuff. Would one even call staying in, watching shows on Netflix and then stuffing their face with take out an event? if so, what a depressing way to spend a weekend.

Harry sometimes wished he took the invite from Niall and Liam to go to a party, or to even simply as just hang out.

He yarned to be more open and sociable, to be more wild, But he was too focused in school. He didn't want to jeopardize his whole school life just to be able to have a bit of fun. He was honestly content with the simple life he had and was thankful for the respect Liam and Niall had for it.

Today on the other hand was different. Harry, after just finishing his classes was back in his room, where he sat indie style on his bed, with coffee in his hand once ina awhile, lazily taking sips. He was looking over the papers Mr. Joannes had given him earlier. He just wanted to give them a glimpse, nothing more and nothing less.

The front was coated with an image of a hand holding a pencil, just above a note book paper. Very cliché if you asked Harry. The booklet also had various bright colors that really didn't have anything to do with the writing competition, since in Harry's opinion, the colors were just screaming out for attention.

So far, Harry didn't have any interest in this. He turned to the next page titled;

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UNI writing competition: Rules

• Entries must be written in English

• Only one entry per person

• All work must be original and independent

• BE SURE OF YOUR WORD COUNT! Type the exact word count (counting every single word, except the title and contact information) at the top of the manuscript.

• Must choose one of the categories listed on page 2.

• Must be individual work, and research.

• Must be a student at a local college in England.

• Writing form must be in the style of a journalist, using first person encounters with the category you will be researching.

• Please make sure your contact details are entered correctly - this is to make sure we can contact you if your entry is chosen as a winner or for publication with Oxford University Press.

• Late entries will not be accepted

Harry read over the second to last rule over and over again.

-if your entry is chosen as a winner or for publication with Oxford University Press.

-for publication with Oxford University press.

Who would of thought that the winner for this stupid competition would get to be published? Mr. Joannes sure did fail to inform Harry on this life changing, dream come true, once in a life time opportunity! Well... that is if Harry enters. And even if he enters he still has to be quit an astonishing writer in order to be even considered as one of the top winners.