Fate
by Into My Mind
Working furiously on his last paper of his undergraduate career, James was overwhelmed with finishing this before the next hour. James was an inspiring lawyer hoping to attend law school in the upcoming fall, however if he didn’t turn in the paper in time it would be the least of his worries. James came from a poor family, all his life he watched his parents struggled and hoped never to walk the same path his parents did. The problem that James had was that he lacked motivation. It was not until the beginning of his final year of college that he finally begin to understand that he had to do his part in order for his life to start. At a quarter past midnight he finally finished his paper and submit it before letting out sigh of relief. ”Thank goodness the professor let everyone turn in our paper after twelve or else I would be in deep trouble” he thought to himself.
James got up and went to wash his face. As he entered the bathroom and looked in the mirror, James was greeted with a weary reflection. James was not the best looking guy but he wasn’t the worst looking guy. He had brown eyes like everyone else he knew, but was told that his gaze could pierce into people like no one else. His hair was a sleek jet black hair, he had always left his hair short but decided that he needed a change so he let his hair grow out and it turned out in his favor. He had some acne scars and his teeth weren’t perfect but they were doable. James lathered soap in his hand before applying it to his face. James was an average guy, there was nothing special about him. At a young age he was taught that no matter what he would do to impress someone with looks, karma would come back to bite him in the butt for not being true to himself. When he finally finished he dried himself off and jumped into bed.
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“JAMES! WAKE UP!” His eyes opened with a start to see his sister Jessica standing over him. ”You are late for school idiot!” she yelled at she pulled him out of bed. ”Ge-off-me!” He grouchily replied as he stood up and looked at the clock where the display of the time was 8:33am. ”CRAP!” James said as he ran to the bathroom to brush his teeth and put on his clothes. He had slept-in an extra twenty minutes and now was going to be in the carnage of looking for parking. As James finished brushing and changing, he immediately ran to his car and rushed to school.
James had left in such a hurry that he when he had finally found parking, he had received a text from Jessica with the message, “Good Job! You forgot your backpack, lunch, and textbook at the house!”. James groaned for he knew he would not be able to turn around and drive another thirty minutes back home. His cellphone read 9:17am and as he saw this sighed. ”GREATTTT” He said aloud, James always parked in the lot next to his class but because of today he had ended up fifteen minutes on the other side of campus. Already being twelve minutes late and having to walk another fifteen, he would show up about a half-hour late. After contemplating on whether or not to attend class, he finally managed to get out of the car and walked at a quick pace. Being tardy was not an issue for the professor never took role, the issue was that he was the professors assistant for the next class and had been given the task to make copies of the finals which James had no time to do. As James entered the Administration of Justice building and hurried down the hall to his class, the only thought that crossed his mind was “I need to think of the BEST apology as quickly as I can”.
Finally arriving outside his class, he reached out to open his door before realizing it was locked. He hated knocking because he knew that he would be interrupting the lecture. Having no other options James knocked softly on the door and to his dismay no one answered. James knocked again. Again nobody opened the door for him. It was a lost battle and therefore the only way he could talk to his professor was after class. As James checked his phone the clock read 9:35am, class would end in fifteen minutes and there was nothing he could do about it now. ”What the?” he said aloud, he had noticed that he had received a notification about a new e-mail. James opened it and read the message,
Due to your papers being turned in all in the last minute, I am more than certain that the majority of you are exhausted and therefore have canceled the last class of the quarter. I hope that you all worked hard on your paper and that I will be seeing you all for graduation!
Professor Preston
P.S. To my three teaching assistants, you will not be required to come either.
James had received the message this morning at seven. He had been in such a hurry that he never bothered to check his phone, and now was at school with no class until 11:05am. Being disappointed at himself for the simple mistake, James decided to grab breakfast.
As James exited the building, he decided to go over to the Del Rio commons in order to grab breakfast. ”Great I didn’t even bring my laptop” he thought to himself as he walked on campus “at least I got my phone”, with that he took out his phone and decided to check for any other e-mails that would prevent him from making another mistake like earlier. As James looked down at his phone he paid no attention to his surroundings. ”LOOK OUT!” someone shouted and the next thing he knew he was on the floor under a bicycle.
“I think he’s fine” a voice said. ”Are you sure? He got knocked the wind out of him being crashed into at that speed” said another voice. ”Hey you wake up” said the first voice as he felt a finger begin poking him. James opened his eyes and looked straight up for the second time. There were two male faces standing over him which both shown extreme concern. ”What happen?” James asked with a confused look on his face as he sat up. ”Another student crashed into you with her bike” said the first face that the first voiced belong to. ”I shouted ‘look out’ but it was too late” said the student who had the second voice. James stood up and checked himself until he was certain he was okay “Thanks you two, what happen to the student?” James asked very annoyed. ”I’m sooo sorry” a third voice finally came out, this one was female and he had not heard it while on the floor. There sitting on the bench with her bike next to her and full of tears, sat the prettiest girl he had ever seen.
“Uh.. you should be” James replied, she may have been pretty but it didn’t help her from crashing into him. ”I’m so sorry, I was going so fast and not paying attention because my friend and I were racing. The next thing I knew I saw you and then I crashed into you” her voice was full of guilt. Dumbstruck by the guilt in her voice and the way she looked saddened, all that annoyance that James had gained disappeared immediately. ”It’s okay, it happens” James said “Don’t worry about it” he assured her. ”Oh okay, well if there is anything I could do just let me know now” she said guiltily. ”You can buy me breakfast” James said jokingly. ”I’m James by the way not that it matters since school is ending at the end of the week”. James did not expect her to take him on his offer but she cheerfully replied “Okay! Breakfast it is! I was going there now actually before this happened…” she looked down in guilt again and began having her index fingers touch each other. It was quite cute. “Relax don’t worry about it anymore what’s done is done right?” James said with a smile. ”Sorry, I don’t even know who you are”, with that he extended out his hand. ”It’s Serena” she said with a smile and shook his hand. Her hands were soft and the moment they touched James felt as though electricity was exchanged.
Her name was Serena. She was the prettiest girl James had ever seen on campus. Perhaps fate had something to do with all the mishaps and whether it was or not James did not seem to think about it. Little did James know she was about to change his life.
As always send me your advice, comments, thoughts. Is this okay? I did this on a whim I don’t know where I’m going but I hope it has potential?
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