“Lucy, have you decided which university you want to apply to?”
I was brought back to the present when I heard my deskmate Olivia Peterson’s voice. I had been drowning in the sensation of being suffocated just a second ago. When I looked at Olivia’s young and unfamiliar face, I realized that I had been given another chance at life.
“Lucy, what’s wrong?”
Joy washed over me as I shook my head vigorously.
Frank Gunther, our homeroom teacher, said, “Fill in your university application forms, please, so I can get an idea of which universities you want to apply to.”
I stared at Frank, recalling how he was Joseph Gunther’s father. Our academic results were released a long time ago. The truth was that we didn’t need to fill in the physical application forms; we could have just filled in the electronic version of it at home on our computers. But Frank had made up an excuse to have all the students drop by the school.
From the looks of it, he had done so to pick the best candidate to exchange places with Madison Bass.
I curled my hand into a tight fist when I recalled my past life. Joseph had started pursuing me around this time.
I stared at the application form before carelessly filling in the empty spaces. I wasn’t sure if I was imagining it, but I could feel Frank’s eyes on me. As expected, Frank called out to me after everyone had submitted their forms. “Lucy, please follow me to the teacher’s office.”
He picked up the stack of forms and left the classroom.
Olivia tugged on my arm and said, “Your results were amazing. You’ll definitely be able to get into Clairefield University.”
With a score of 702, I had ranked highest in my class, yet my application to Clairefield University was still rejected in my past life. I had sought out Frank multiple times after that, but he had only told me that I had aimed too high, that my ambitions were out of reach of my capabilities.
