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An Ordinary Life

Numbness gripped Alex Wonder as a warbling alarm forced him from his slumber. Friday at last, he mumbled to himself, taking a deep breath.

He showered at five minutes past seven, followed by a breakfast of slightly burnt toast, bitter-sweet coffee. He was out the front door of his tiny bedsit by seven thirty sharp to catch the twenty-minutes-to bus.

That numbness spread quickly throughout his body. He found it difficult to get his limbs to work and as far as his mind was concerned, he could not muster the motivation to follow the simple route to the bus stop he had always followed. His stomach churned and his heart quickened with the anticipation of not reaching the bus stop on time. It was not that long ago, all that he had to think about was getting good grades for a job, find a girl, settle down and be happy. Those prospects, that girl; being happy seemed further away than ever, especially as that twenty-minutes-to bus did not arrive...