*Tallon*
I couldn’t even begin to hide my excitement. I felt like I had drank a dozen energy drinks and half a bottle of old-timey cough medicine, the ones they loaded up with all the good shit before regulations came down on their assess.
And that shit was effective too. I couldn’t deny having downed said combined energy drinks and cough medicine one time in high school, half on a dare and half because it was exam weeks and I hadn’t studied or slept for a week.
Well, the consequences came back with a baseball bat to my stomach because I woke up the next day with no memory and puked my guts out. I got a perfect score on my exams, though, and that was what mattered.
Today, however, felt different than back then.
I was wide awake, my phone gripped tightly in my hand as I stared out at the streets of Florence, a huge grin on my face as I imagined what Natalia was doing, if she was waiting for me.