A Second Chance - a short story
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Skylar Montgomery and Jaycob Harrison have known each other since they were six years old. The world has fallen apart. When Jaycob gets sent off to Africa to fight in the war, what will happen when his camp is attacked with a nuclear bomb that contains a substance that attacks the brain? Will Skylar be able to snap him out of it? Will she make it in time? Or will the darkness drive Jaycob completely off his rocker?
In this short story, for an English project, love will be tested in a way so earth-shatteringly strong that you'll have your heart aching for the two.
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