Cecilia Gray

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“The Price Tag” by Cecilia Gray

Submitted to Contest #268

Lyra Lyra twirled her ballpoint pen. The lecturer drilled on about lipids and amino acids, but her mind was already elsewhere. Wasn’t it strange, she thought, that despite Friday being the day she expected the most, it was the time restlessness had always managed to creep up on her. None of her classmates were as unfocused as she was, but then they probably needed the lecture more than she did. Lyra was three chapters ahead of her classmates, and her worries, at the moment, were minimal. The bell rang, and Lyra sighed with relief. She was t...

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Weaving magic into words In the golden hours of sixteen