Extreme Fatigue: A Short Story

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To be a person who suffer from extreme fatigue, Jamie Tulley wasn’t very good at falling asleep. Her doctor had said that she needed at least 8 hours of sleep each night. But the problem is that she feel she will lose valuable time sleeping. And her question was; why doesn’t the day hours feel valuable enough? Because that’s the time she wants to sleep, but is not allowed due to school and life.
She sighed waiting for the bus ride to end. The last part was a bumpy ride, and because she could feel and hear the books in her bag clapping into each other. Her school came to sight, and she knew that this day was very much like any other.
“I must tell you something” Michelle stifled a shriek. The corners of her mouth almost touched her big eyes. Jamie didn’t shift her position to face her friend, she only let her eyes glide to the side. If it were any other person, they would have taken this as a cue to leave, but it was Michelle. She was familiar with these kinds of behavior from Jamie, so she stayed, still as happy.
“I’m waiting for Oh Michelle, what is it? Please tell me, I beg you and you’re the greatest person ever.” Michelle exaggerated creating a desperate move that looked like fainting. Jamie slam her locker closed. “I don’t sound …show more content…

Is this the reason why you’re so happy?”
“What no, that’s something else, but I’ll tell you later, class has started”
“Oh god Michelle, do you really have to be like this?”
“Acting all though, but really you’re dying to know”
“Piss off”
“I was about to, loser”
“Your hair looks ugly today”
“Thank you, nerd” “I like your shirt”
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“So about our date today, I was wondering, McDonalds?”
“What a fancy place, never heard about it, is it cool?”
“Very, they got burgers to a very low price”
“Wow. Can’t wait”
“they’re delicious, but I think you’ll just have water”
“uhm

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