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Aidan 

I cannot take it anymore. Sitting in Physics and my mind keeps racing. No matter how much I try to pay attention to Mrs Kingsley and her speech on intermolecular forces, I just can't do it. My mind keeps fixating on the biggest problem in my life… will my dad walk away from his illness in this life or the next?

"Dude are you okay?" Jared leans over to check in, Maybe it's because I’m radiating stress or maybe it's because I’m tapping foot and seesawing my pen like crazy.

"Ja, I'm fine." I reply with out tearing my eyes from the clock. 40 more minutes. 40 minutes. Just 40 more… I soot my hand up. "Mrs Kingsley can I please go get some fresh air."

Mrs Kingsley turns from the board and looks at me with understanding.

"Sure hun. Take all the time you need."

I grabs my bag, run out of the classroom, down the empty hall and burst out of the doors leading to the front steps. Without thinking I dig in my bag and grab the bottle of bourbon. Discarding my bag I walk down the concrete steps and around the corner into the gardens. As I round the corner, I stop dead at the sound of a sweet voice.

"Trynna escape the world too?"