 Foreign Intrigue
"Yes," Ally replied. "I certainly hope so, too. I had fun mentoring that first year girl, Emily last year. Maybe I'll get to again this year." She was beginning to feel steadily worse as the pain rose at an alarming rate. That made her temperature rise quite a bit and she rested her cheek against the cool wood of the tabletop. Feeling her strength quickly ebb away, Ally's eyelids drooped slightly. She struggled to keep awake long enough to make it through the feast, but the pain, the fever, and the exhaustion were now simply overwhelming. Ally took a shuddering gasp of a breath and shfited her stiff arm against, trying to soothe it.
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what's the worst thing that could happen? you've got to take the chance.
everyone will tell you not to/but no one understands.
D o n' t D i e W o n d e r i n g
silly little charmer/with that sparkle in your eye
seize your hope and kiss them all goodbye. |