Thriving
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Last published Wed, Feb 2, 2022
Penn Watson is hoping that the sophomore slump is over and that it is finally her time to thrive. Don't get her wrong she loves Thames. It's the place where she has met her best friends in the whole entire world, does what she loves in and out of the classroom, and has had one too many wild drunken nights with her girls. But her times at Thames as with most things in life have been far from all sunshine and musical numbers. Somethings been off this year, and she just can't put her finger on it, it's as if something is missing. Hence why when her all time crush Nick Olson is placed in her English classics seminar it seems like the universe has sent her the missing piece. But when her project partner turns out to be baseball captain and notorious jackass Theo Brooks her semester of thriving may be in jeopardy. Follow Penn Watson as she navigates a semester of parties, adventures, a lot of studying, and even more mistakes as she fights to thrive.
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