Chapter 0445

Nina

The tick of the lecture hall clock echoed with a relentless rhythm.

Each second was a heartbeat closer to the close of the exam and to freedom. The winter had been bitterly cold, and the spring semester had been exhausting. But in that moment, in that vast room with its intense silence, I was ready to leap forward.

I looked at the last question on my anatomy finall. I smirked a little. This? After all the agonizing weeks of studying, this was the monster they chose to throw at me? I filled out the answer confidently, basking in the knowledge I had absorbed over the past months.

Taking a deep breath, I stood, my chair scraping softly against the floor. With the exam paper in hand, I approached the front desk. My professor looked up, her eyes crinkling in a warm smile.

"Nina," she murmured, taking the paper from me, "have a lovely summer."

"Thank you, Professor Kane," I replied, voice brimming with gratitude. And then, the weight lifted off my shoulders, I was out the door, ready to taste the first breath of summer.

Jessica almost crashed into me outside, her blonde hair slightly disheveled. Her eyes were each accented by a dark circle beneath them, but she looked vibrant as ever.

"Nina!" She exclaimed, enveloping me in a tight embrace. I laughed, squeezing her back. "We

did it!"

echoed, both of us giggling in

determination

her art portfolio. Her vibrant blue and red splattered clothes gave away her recent artistic adventure, with her black hair now cut short

out with a chuckle. Lori glanced up,

She held up a paint-streaked hand. "I

in amusement. "That explains a

couldn't hear you," she

hum of post-exam energy. Everywhere students lounged, their relief palpable

her voice tinged with

Jessica raised an imaginary glass, and we all chimed

a whiff of a heavenly scent. "Do you guys smell that?" asked, my

twitched. "Oh, I do! It's

to spot a colorful truck with a banner reading, 'End-of-Semester

joys of campus life. Food trucks," Jessica sighed with feigned

his hair greeted us. "End of

fingers already dancing with anticipation. "And let's see... Nina, you're a cinnamon

grateful she remembered my penchant for cinnamon

I'll take the chocolate-glazed," Jessica chimed

a classic sugar for me," Lori

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