When I got to Control Course the next morning I found out I was right. Not a flaw in my prediction which flooded me with a sense of release and pride. The Accepting was coming closer and closer and the pressure was pressing down on me like a brick on a thin piece of wood. Soon they would be accepting me into their community. A community of people who are different fitting into a conformed world, leading seemingly normal lives. My success at the tests that follow would determine what I would do to support my "normal" life.
It was about 8:30 PM and I was sitting in my room. Augusta was still out there somewhere in the building but I was no longer worried. It had been a while now and Augusta knew her way around the whole campus. She still didn't talk much...I sometimes wondered if she just had a small vocabulary and then when she does talk she uses a word like 'impecunious' and I know that's not the case. I had gotten to know her pretty well, though. She was friendly but stern because people treated her unfairly because of her disability. She didn't really seem to have many hobbies or anything...now that I think about it, there might not be all that much to know about her. She seemed sort of mysterious. I made a note to myself to be careful how I treated her because there might be a lot I didn't know about her. This was the first time I ever really thought about why people might act the way they do.
I sat in the old rocking chair that I usually sat in to read but, my thoughts about friends and life in general started taking over. I sat with an open book in my hand but my thoughts kept distracting me and I often found myself staring off into space. Eventually I gave up. I knew that any day now Mr. Bilden would approach me and tell me it's time for the testing and that I'm being accepted as long as I can deal with the pressures of the challenges that they would put before me. I didn't want to think about that until the time came so I decided to sleep to make sure my mind couldn't dwell on those thoughts.
I didn't even hear Augusta coming in at 9:45.
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Escape From My World
Dla nastolatkówTatiana is a girl that is sort of...curious. Her abilities are far better than any we can imagine. Months of training have brought her strengths to where they are today. Yet, even though everyone at her all girls school is special in some way, readi...
