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It was four in the morning before the music stopped. The blaring trumpets came to rest first. The low brassy tones of stringed instruments plucking away pleasant melodies halted their thrumming next. The guitars, drums, and whistles simmered down, replaced by the long, out of tune shrillness of...

Michelle's eyes were wide as dinner plates. "There's no way I'm getting on that thing", she firmly stated. "No, no, no." Chris's expression changed from pleased to confused. "But I thought..." he started, "you were up for anything?" Michelle spun around to face him, looked at him in the eye...

Michelle let out a long sigh as the elevator doors closed in front of her. In the closest mirrored panel, she looked over and attempted to smooth her long blonde hair that had fallen out of place. "What's wrong?" asked the man standing next to her, the only other person in the elevator. He...

Continued from Fully Stocked Allie read and re-read the same line in her textbook several times. She blinked twice and tried to recollect her thoughts. She mentally questioned how long she'd been reading this paragraph and couldn't come up with a good answer. "This is so... boring" she said...

Continued from Library Laughs Michelle and Chris ran out the open doors in the back of the library. With students bustling around everywhere, Chris was fairly certain they'd be able to get lost in the crowd. The pair ran as if persued by the entire library staff! What a commotion they had...

Chris dropped an armload of academic journals, books, and magazines onto the table with a soft thunk. He stood and looked down at Michelle, who didn't raise her head from the book she was reading to acknowledge him. "I've got some good ones here." Chris excitedly explained. "Shh!" Michelle...