❝Don't you see the cycle we are living in? The same repeating cycle our ancestors have lived in?❞ I yell glaring at him.
He chooses to remain silent, his eyes set in a hard glare. He's starting to get annoyed with me, but I have to help him under...
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AFTER A LONG night of tossing and turning, I decide to climb out of bed and take a walk. I maneuver my way around the room quietly so that I do not wake up Lara. When my hand starts to twist the knob of the door, it starts to make a loud squeaking noise. Quickly whipping my head around to face Lara, I see her eyes are wide open, staring directly at me in utter confusion. As I open my mouth to spew out an explanation, Lara swiftly murmurs incomprehensible words under her breath, closing her eyes and turning onto her left side. Not even a second passes by and I already hear her soft breathing once again.
"Possibly a deep sleeper," I whisper to myself, as I twist the knob once again, successfully exiting the room this time. When I last checked the time, it was getting close to 7:00am. Normally, I am not an early riser, in fact I am quite the opposite. I could sleep through the whole afternoon, the evening as well, if I wanted to. However, considering the amount of sleep I already had prior to meeting Lara for the first-time last night, my body decided to reject the sleep I was trying to succumb to again.
Scooping out each hallway I pass by, I make a mental note of certain pieces of art on the walls in order to remember my way back to the dorm. A walk was the first thing that came to my mind after I gave up on trying to force myself to sleep. People have always said that a good walk can clear the mind, and oh boy did my mind need to be cleared.
Not even within 24 hours has my life changed so drastically. Firstly, I nearly faced death yesterday, all the while witnessing the deaths of other people, my people. Regs just like me. Secondly, I am here, living at Worthington University, one of the most prestigious schools in the world only made for the Xs, the elite, the top of the hierarchy. I am meant to be a part of their experiment, I am meant to socialize with the Xs at this school, and I meant to be kept away from my family and friends while I do so.
Jasmine's words of encouragement come to mind in this moment. "You've got this." I smile slightly at the memory, which distracts my mind momentarily as I find myself bumping into a door. I stumble back a few steps, quickly turning my head from side to side, just as a precaution to make sure nobody else witnessed the embarrassing incident. When I decide that the coast is clear I take a peek out of the small window on the door.
I feel a complete sense of astonishment at the view. It is a beautiful garden, filled with many different flowers and plants. I've never been much of a gardener, my mother on the other hand always feels giddy whenever summer time would roll around and she would have the chance to stick her hands in the mud to fix up our garden. Although I can't appreciate the act of planting and working in the garden, I can admire the wonderful work others have put in.
The amount of time and the amount of people it must have took to make the garden look so breathtaking helps me restore a little bit of my faith in humanity. After yesterday, I was sure that all of my faith was gone, but this garden has me thinking otherwise. I don't know if I am even allowed to go inside, but frankly, at this moment in time I don't even care.
