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  • Second Chance - Chapter One

    “I’m in the business of misery; let’s take it from the top.” The words to Paramore’s Misery Business flowed from my cell phone. Quickly, I turned around and put the ...

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  • Second Chance - Chapter Two

    It was a cliché, and extremely stupid thing to do. I realized it immediately after I began to fall. I groped at the air in hopes of grabbing on to ...

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  • Second Chance - Chapter Three

    Soft, classical music enveloped me. I was watching a dance take place in the middle of a large hall. I looked down and saw two young kids. They could be ...

    8 min read
  • Second Chance Chapter - Chapter Four

    It took a lifetime, but finally, seventh hour came. Lilyon, Trena, and I all had AP English for our last hour. Mrs. Jackson, the English teacher practically spent every day ...

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Don't aim at success--the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.
— Viktor E. Frankl