Suddenly, she heard a loud bang, a thump and a scream that caused her to jump from the bed. The hair on the back of her neck stood straight up and her body became one big goosebump.
More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes, it must pass, but I have no more assurance of moving through time than I have that I am moving through space. In a way, I__ glad: this means perhaps 300 years and 364 days have passed, and tomorrow I will wake up. Sometimes after a cross-country meet or a long day at school, I__ fall into bed with all my clothes on and be out before I knew it. When I__ finally open my eyes, it would feel like I__ just shut them for a minute, but really, the whole rest of the day and half the night was gone. But. There were other times when I__ collapse onto my mattress, shut my eyes and dream, and it felt like I__ lived a whole lifetime in that dream, but when I woke up, it had only been a few minutes. What if only a year has gone by? What if we haven__ even left yet? That is my greatest fear.
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More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes, it must pass, but I have no more assurance of moving through time than I have that I am moving through space. In a way, I__ glad: this means perhaps 300 years and 364 days have passed, and tomorrow I will wake up. Sometimes after a cross-country meet or a long day at school, I__ fall into bed with all my clothes on and be out before I knew it. When I__ finally open my eyes, it would feel like I__ just shut them for a minute, but really, the whole rest of the day and half the night was gone. But. There were other times when I__ collapse onto my mattress, shut my eyes and dream, and it felt like I__ lived a whole lifetime in that dream, but when I woke up, it had only been a few minutes. What if only a year has gone by? What if we haven__ even left yet? That is my greatest fear.
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