All Chapters of Wake Me When It's Over: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1 The Girl Who Wouldn't Wake

"How much longer are you going to keep this up, Thorne?"Mom's voice rang across the dead-silent exam hall, sharp enough to cut through the stillness. Her heels clicked against the floor as she walked, step by step, toward where I had fallen.My cheek was pressed against the cold concrete. A warm trickle slid down from where my head had struck the desk."Ms. Collins, I think Cecelia might've actually fainted," a boy nearby said quietly, his voice hesitant."Fainted? Don't be ridiculous! This is just her laziness acting up!"Mom grabbed the back of my collar in one swift motion. Her grip was shockingly strong as she hauled me up off the ground. My head lolled limply, and the back of my hand scraped against the rough floor, tearing the skin open in a streak of red."You sleep in class, you sleep while eating, and now you're sleeping during your final exam too?" Mom hissed under her breath, her teeth clenched tight. "You have no shame, but I do. I'm the dean of discipline."She dra

Chapter 2 Locked Away

My soul hovered near the ceiling, straining desperately to call out to her. 'Mom, that's not red ink. That's my blood. Mom, my head hurts so much… Please, save me.'But she could not hear me. All she left behind was her cold, unyielding back as she walked away.A rush of hurried footsteps echoed down the corridor.It was Olivia.She held a stack of scratch paper in her arms, using it as an excuse as she quickly made her way to the door of the spare classroom. Peering through the glass panel, her brows knit tightly together."Cecelia, can you hear me?" Olivia knocked gently on the door.The girl on the floor did not move.The blood that had just been wiped away began to seep out again, trickling down from her earlobe and staining the collar of her uniform. Olivia's expression changed immediately as she reached for the doorknob."Ms. Zanetti, what are you doing?"My mom's icy voice came from the other end of the corridor. Startled, Olivia jerked her hand back."Ms. Collins, I…

Chapter 3 A Promise Written in Blood

At the time, she had slapped me hard across the face and confiscated my phone. From that moment on, I did not even have the right to set an alarm to wake myself up. I could only stab deeper—deeper each time.And even after I died, I still did not blame her. I knew it had not been easy for her to raise two children on her own. I knew the pressure from her job was overwhelming. I only felt regret. Regret that I would never get the chance to prove to her that I had not been slacking off.…At noon, the school dismissal broadcast echoed across campus.Students gradually filed out of the building, and the corridors returned to a suffocating silence.There was no heating in the spare classroom. The girl on the floor had gone completely stiff. The sun had climbed to its highest point in the sky, yet not a single ray could reach through the window, half-sealed with metal plating.My soul silently kept track of the time.Three hours had passed since I fell.The golden window for sav

Chapter 4 Zero-Mark Paper

My name, Cecelia Thorne, was unevenly scrawled across the name field. It was what I had forced myself to write at the very start of the exam, clinging to the last thread of consciousness I had left. Right after that, I collapsed to the floor.Mom stared at the blank answer sheet, the muscles at the corner of her eye twitching violently. "Not only are you lazy, but you've even learned to hand in a blank paper just to provoke me."She gritted her teeth, gripping the red pen so tightly it looked like it might snap."Ms. Collins, what's wrong? Why are you so angry?" The head of the language department leaned over to take a look. "Well, would you look at that. Whose paper is this? Not even a single word in the essay. That's practically a direct challenge to the teacher.""My useless daughter, of course. Who else?" Mom let out a cold laugh and picked up the red pen, slashing a massive X across the paper. The mark took up nearly the entire sheet, pressed so hard it bled through to the b

Chapter 5 Declared Dead

"Ah!"The scream tore through the dead silence of the corridor.Olivia clapped a hand over her mouth, pointing in horror at the dark stain on the floor. "Blood… Ms. Collins, there's a lot of blood.""Why are you making such a fuss? That's just red ink she made herself." Mom frowned impatiently and shot Olivia an annoyed look. "Kids these days will think of anything to get out of an exam.""That's not red ink—that's blood. That really is blood." Olivia's voice trembled as she stumbled backward, then turned and ran. "I'm getting the school doctor. I'm getting Dr. Langford."The school doctor, Lucas Langford, came running less than a minute later. He had not even buttoned his white coat properly, and a first-aid kit was clutched tightly in his hand. The moment he rushed into the spare classroom, he dropped to his knees and reached for my carotid pulse.Seconds ticked by.Lucas' hand began to tremble uncontrollably. He lifted my eyelid and shone a flashlight into it."Dr. Langfor

Chapter 6 The Secret Beneath the Skin

"No. That's impossible." Mom cut the doctor off with chilling composure. She did not cry. She did not make a scene. There was not even the faintest redness in her eyes. Calmly, almost methodically, she opened her handbag and pulled out a small bottle of medicated oil."Doctor, she must've drunk this and poisoned herself. She's gone bad." She shoved the bottle right up to his face. "She's pretending to be dead to get out of exams. She'd do anything if it meant escaping responsibility. Just treat her for poisoning. Once it's handled, she'll wake up."The head of emergency glanced at the ordinary bottle, his brows knitting tightly. "Ms. Collins, this was caused by a head injury. It has nothing to do with that.""What would you know? She's faking it." Mom pushed past him and strode straight into the operating room.Under the harsh surgical lights, I lay quietly on the operating table, covered by a white sheet. Mom walked over and yanked it off in one motion. "Cecelia, stop faking it.

Chapter 7 The Truth She Tore Apart

She dropped to her knees, her hands trembling uncontrollably as she began piecing the scraps together. They were the medical records she had torn apart with her own hands half a year ago.Back then, my homeroom teacher had suggested taking me to the hospital for a checkup. But Mom had been convinced I was faking it. Right there at the hospital entrance, she had shredded the report into pieces. Now, she was the one painstakingly putting those fragments back together.Under the beam of her phone's flashlight, the reconstructed record became clear. 'Severe narcolepsy with cataplexy. Strongly advised that a guardian accompany the patient for intervention to prevent accidental injury or death.'Mom stared at that line, her breathing turning ragged. "Narcolepsy… cataplexy…" She muttered the words as her fingers clawed unconsciously at the floor.At last, she understood—I had not been lazy. I had not been pretending. I had never been able to control it. And collapsing in the exam hall h

Chapter 8 A Family Beyond Repair

"You're lying." Mom raised her hand and slapped Avery hard across the face. "You said your sister could only stay awake by stabbing herself with a compass. Where did you see that?"Avery was stunned. Clutching her cheek, she shrank into the corner. Under Mom's terrifying stare, she finally broke."I… I saw her diagnosis." Avery cried as she confessed, her voice shaking. "I was scared that if you knew she was really sick, you'd give all your attention to her. I was scared you wouldn't love me anymore. So every time, I went along with you. I said she was lazy, and I… I…"She stammered, unable to continue."What else did you do?" Mom demanded, her voice sharp with fury."I… I threw away the medicated oil in her bag before the exams." Avery squeezed her eyes shut, her whole body trembling. "I just wanted her to fall asleep during the test so you'd hate her even more. I didn't mean for her to die."Mom was stunned by the revelation, her entire body freezing in place. All her favoritis

Chapter 9 A Mother's Madness

"This family fell apart the moment you locked Cecelia in that spare classroom." Franklin shoved the pen into Mom's hand. "You're a murderer. You don't deserve to be a mother."Mom's hand trembled so badly she could not hold the pen. The divorce papers slipped from her fingers and fell into the snow.Avery hid behind Franklin, not even daring to look at Mom. She clutched his sleeve and whispered anxiously, "Dad, let's go. It's so cold here."Mom suddenly lunged forward and grabbed Avery's arm tightly. "Avery, you can't go. Stay with me, alright? Franklin, give her back to me. She's all I have now!"Avery screamed and wrenched her arm free, stumbling backward in terror. "Let go of me! You're crazy. You'll kill me too!"Franklin shoved Mom away and turned, shielding Avery as they walked off. Their footsteps left a trail of final, unhesitating prints in the snow.Mom collapsed in front of the gravestone, staring at the empty cemetery."Ms. Collins, please accept my condolences." Oli

Chapter 10 A Punishment Without End

"Ms. Collins, what are you doing? Let go of me!"The entire class panicked. The girls screamed and rushed out of the classroom, while the boys tried to pull Mom away."Don't touch her. She's sleeping. You'll wake her up."Mom's strength was frightening. No one could pry her off. It was not until the principal and several security guards rushed in that they finally managed to force her away. The boy collapsed onto the floor, crying uncontrollably."Ms. Collins, snap out of it. That's Sean Laurent, not your daughter." The principal pointed at her, furious. "In your condition, you can't continue teaching. You're suspended."The guards dragged Mom toward the door. She kept twisting back, staring at the now-empty seat. "No… that's Cecelia. My Cecelia isn't asleep—she's just tired." Her voice echoed down the hallway, shrill and hopeless.From that day on, Mom disappeared from the school. She became completely lost in the illusions she had woven for herself, trapped in visions she cou

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