The Day I Chose Myself
Right after the SAT results dropped, the admissions representatives from Blackridge University practically fought over me so fiercely it felt like they'd set the whole room on fire.
They made an outrageous offer just to win me over, claiming that I could bring one friend along with full admission.
As the clock reset, I chose no one this time around because I'd already lived through it once.
In my last life, I didn't hesitate to pick my childhood best friend, Shawn Hooper. I gave him a ticket into a world he could never hope to reach without my help.
And what did I get for it?
A look of pure disgust.
"You're pathetic," he sneered. "It's laughable that you'd dare use something like this to drive a wedge between Madison and me."
Madison Cole was our class president. She was the golden girl and everyone's favorite girl. She couldn't handle losing both the guy she loved and the future she thought was hers. So, she jumped from the roof of a building.
Shawn found her final message and lost his mind.
He told me the class was having one last bonfire party just outside town.
It was a lie.
He took me there to torture me before leaving me to die.
Our entire class covered for him. Every last one of them told the police I'd slipped near the ravine and fallen by accident.
…
A week after my death, my parents died in a supposed highway pileup.
My soul never moved on, and that was how I discovered the truth—Shawn had orchestrated everything.
When I reopened my eyes, I quickly realized I was back on the day when Blackridge University fought to recruit me.
I wouldn't choose anyone this time.
No, the only one I would choose was myself.