The Emancipation of Emily & The Adventures of Thomas
I'm currently still under moderation and only allowed to post up to 1000 characters so I'll break the chapters into parts for now.
The Emancipation of Emily
Chapter 1 Part 1
When I first met Jacob, he was dressed as spiderman.
It was the last day of orientation camp and every orientation group had to put up a performance. Through the thick of the crowd, I looked up from what I was doing to find a pair of eyes watching me. As everyone was rushing around, it felt like we were the only two stationary bodies looking at each other. We locked gaze and his mouth crooked into a smile.
I strode up to him and said, “I see you’re good at squirting sticky stuff.”
Okay, I’m just joking.
I simply smiled back shyly.
In the weeks after, I found my eyes constantly scanning the campus in search for that face in the crowd. But my hunt was fruitless; it was as if he had disappeared into thin air.
Until that fateful day.
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