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Chapter 24

❖Anna❖

I look at the building in front of me and feel the nerves waking up. Starting behind my bellybutton, they quickly spread out through my body.

Gabriel steps out of the car and comes to stand next to me. He has a dangerous look on bus face, scaring anyone who would even think of breathing in my direction away.
"Ready?" He asks me while he wraps his arm around me.
"As ready as I could be." I answer and together we walk towards the building.

I can see a lot of people staring at us. Some girls look at me with anger, some with surprise and some guys look slightly scared.
All those eyes make me feel a little uncomfortable. Gabriel notices this and pulls me closer into his side, shielding me from the looks we're getting.
"Don't worry about them. They are just jealous that I got the most beautiful girl all for myself."
I look up at him and can't help but laugh. "Sometimes you are so cheesy."
"Only for you mio picolo angelo." He answers with a wink.

Once we're inside, Gabriel gives me a soft kiss and wishes me good luck before I enter the room for the exam.
Kaylee is already waiting there for me with a curious twinkle in her eyes. "Do tell me, who is the dark handsome man waiting for you outside of this room?" She wiggles her eyebrows and I giggle.
"That, is Gabriel, the guy I'm dating."
"Well, you got yourself a good looking man! Hope he has more qualities."
Laughingly I admit that he does have more qualities and we switch the subject of our conversation to our exams.

"The last one Anna. I'm nervous and exited at the same time."
"Yeah, me too. If we pass this one then we're officially done and we'll enter the 'grown-up-world'."
"Not if you keep using words like 'grown-up-world." Kaylee answers with a laugh.

We talk about everything and nothing for a while, but we get silenced by the exam invigilator.
"I would like it if you could all stop talking and find your seats so we can start with the exam."
The invigilator is a short man with glasses that are too small for his face and a voice that sounds like someone is holding his nose closed.
The sight of him makes my nerves die down a little. But as soon as I sit down behind the desk, they come back at the speed of a racing car.
When I get the paper I've managed to push the nerves down again a little and I feel ready to start.
"You may all open your papers and start working. You have two and a half hours. Good luck."

I close my eyes, take a deep breath and open the paper.
Let's do this.

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"I thought I would never finish it." Kaylee exclaims as we walk out of the room.
We both needed the fill two and a half hours to finish the exam, but mow it's finally done.
"I know!" I answer. "But now it's over and we can breath again. Or well, at least for now, since tomorrow we start the long wait for the most important phone call of our lives: Do we graduate or not..."
"Don't remind me of that torture. I want to enjoy this moment for a couple more hours. No more studying. No more learning! No More Exams!!" Kaylee throws a fist in the air and I giggle. "No more exams!" I copy and throw my fist up as well.

"Someone seems happy." A deep voice says behind me and I turn around with a smile on my face.
"That's cause I am!"
"Glad to hear that." Gabriel replays and wraps an arm around my shoulder before softly kissing my temple.
Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Kaylee practically melting.
"Gabriel, this is Kaylee. Kaylee, this is Gabriel." I introduce the two to each other.
"Nice to meet you Kaylee." Gabriel says as he shakes her hand.
Kaylee gets a small blush on her cheeks, clearly charmed by the way Gabriel acts.
"Uhm yes. You too." She answers, still under his spell.