Tuesday started out just like any other. There wasn't a cloud in the sky on this sunny fall day. The birds were still about singing a happy tune while the leaves around them began to wilt and fall to the ground. An angry alarm clock sprung to life with the sounds of Aerosmith's Walk This Way blearing out causing a disgruntled young woman to moan and thrash her arm out to stop the noise. With great success, she managed to silence it and our leading lady, Emily, fell back into blissful sleep.

But alas, it didn't last long. Five minutes later the alarm clock sounded with a little more fire.

"Early. Go 'way." Emily groaned, taking another hit at the jet black alarm with its bright red digits that looked like an angry little demon from an early rising hell.

Ahhh…silence.

Purely out of spite and not even a further five minutes later, tired of its snooze setting, the now irate alarm screamed louder than before.

So, shut up, shut up, shut up, don't wanna hear it. Get out, get out, get out, get outta my way. Step up, step up, step up, you'll never stop me…

THUDD!!!

"Guess again." Emily smirked at the small pile of what once was her alarm clock from under the covers.

After her short lived victory gloat, Emily sat up throwing back the blankets and stretched her 5"3 dancers' frame reaching up towards the white ceiling with a loud yawn. Every muscle in her body was woken up against its will and she proceeded to get up and look about her tiny dorm room for her watch, now that her alarm had been, ummm…taken care of.

Emily isn't what you'd call a morning person, not that it was technically early at this stage. It was barely ten thirty in the morning. In her defence, she had been cramming for her exams, the first of which was due to start within the hour.

At that exact moment Emily found her watch and placed it on her wrist, absentmindedly looking at the time. Panic struck Emily's bright green eyes.

"Crap!" She hissed, and began running around grabbing clothes not caring if they matched or not.

Picking up a pair of black jeans and white coloured t-shirt with a witty remark on the front, along with all the necessary underwear, Emily dashed into the communal showers, taking the shortest shower of her life. Her dark wavy hair barely had the chance to get wet before she was scrambling into her clothes and dashing back down the hall to her room, ignoring the whistles and snide comments along the way. Back in her room, she yanked on the first pair of socks she could find, which didn't even match then pulled her leather jacket on, getting caught in a sleeve along the way.

"Awe c'mon man!" she moaned mid-struggle.

Pushing through roughly, her arm flapping about, she stuffed her feet into her pink converse without bothering with the laces and grabbed her satchel hurrying out the room, completely forgetting to lock her dorm door behind her.

With the dorm rooms behind her, Emily took off down the paved walk way and across campus where the exam was due to be held. She struggled slightly with the awkwardness of her bag as she ran, mentally cursing herself for picking style over the practicality of the simple back-pack. She dodged a menacing looking senior as she took a quick cut across the campus lawns, interrupting his game of catch and getting looks of pity and amusement.

At the edge of the lawns she rounded a corner and all but flew between two large buildings then out the other side, taking a right turn and followed the open path to the end where there was her goal.

Just before Emily dove through the double doors, she caught herself and came to a complete stop with an excessively loud screech of rubber on pavement. Puffing, she glanced at her watch. 11.02 a.m.

"Yes!" she all but shouted, pushing through the doors with a grin of triumph. "Morning Will."

"Hey Em, where's the fire?" a tall and gangly young man asked from behind the Dairy Queen counter with a laugh. His goofy standard issue cap was pushed to the side this morning letting his shoulder length ashy brown hair stick out at all angles from underneath.

Emily poked her tongue out at him

"Exam this morning dude. Had to get in here before it starts. I need my hit." She said, leaning on the counter.

"So you'll have the usual then?" Will asked, turning his back on the counter to prepare Emily's beverage.

"Sure will, MooLatte on the double my good man." She laughed. "So how are things with you and Maddy? I heard from a little birdy she isn't too happy with you at the moment."

Will groaned as he put the finishing touches on Emily's drink.

"Maddy needs to calm down and you know that as well as I do. She's your best friend! Could you, uh, have a word with her for me?"

Emily frowned. She hated to play diplomat between anyone, let alone her two best friends.

"Don't hold your breath on it, but I'll try."

Will grinned as he handed the icecream, coffee creation over.

"You owe me William."

"Sure, sure kiddo. Now get your ass into that exam."

Emily let out a sigh and nodded then left without another word. She really wasn't looking forward to having to talk with Maddy now. She thought about how she could approach the sore subject as she briskly walked to her exam.

Outside the room where she was due to sit her test, Emily lined up behind the other students, and busied herself adjusting her bag on her shoulder ignoring the nervous murmurs around her. But soon those murmurs got rowdier as the doors to the hall were thrown open and everyone began to move in. It was like high school again. People behind pushed forward, eager to get a good seat.

Emily obliged and moved as quickly as she could, noting that her undone laces were causing her shoes to become loose to the point they were slipping from her feet. She began her ascent to the row of seats in the stands, carefully putting one foot in front of the other. A hard nudge from behind though caught her off guard and sent her forward. Unable to stop the fall over her own feet, she grabbed onto the first thing she could to save herself.

As Emily and the large object came tumbling down to the floor, the MooLatte went flying, sending the precious liquid everywhere until it came in contact with an electrical outlet. The outlet sparked and hissed as smoke rose and the lights to the room flickered and went out as Emily came crashing to the ground with a thud.

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AN: I actually re-wrote this one, so many thanks to cherish15 for helping me out there. Hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing it =]