ERedBoyd
It's all in ur head
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Clyde Chestnut sat under Hangman's Tree in the middle of Victor's Court at Princeton University staring down at the device he held in his hand. He had flipped it around and had the back cover removed from it, laid on the ground on his Quantum Physics text book which itself was opened to page 347. He also held a tiny screwdriver in his hand and was studying the device so intensely and exclusively, that he didn't notice three of his 'crew' walking towards him.
Peter Sellers chuckled saying, "You still working on that thing? How many times has it got to shock the shit out of you before you give up on it?" Peter was a fellow pursuant of the Advanced Computational Physics Degree and a friend of his since their Sophomore year in school. He held a small laptop of his own and his backpack slung on his back as he walked towards him sitting down.
Clyde smiled saying, "At least once... more."
"Give it up bro! You are wasting your time on that piece of junk that looks like something from the 90's. Didn't that used to be some kind of flip phone?" Juan Soong said as he drew close himself towards Clyde. He also carried a severely overstuffed backpack looking to break apart at the seams and his skateboard tucked under his arm.
"Leave him alone." Imani Jenkins said as she sat down next to Clyde saying, "Or would you want us to start making fun of your dumbass project? I mean... seriously an all in remote drone that delivers mail? You remember what happened with your last test?"
"Hey! That dog got away... with most of it's fur." Peter said before saying, "Point is, we have midterms next week and need to set up a study time. This test is very important. Now I have a scheduler here just tell me when you are free...."
Clyde ignored most of what they were talking about. He thought he had it figured out. He was 95.2% sure he knew what happened during the last test he had had back in his dorm. Of course, he still had to pay for the damages to his room before they would let him graduate this year which he had still yet to figure out. In fact, the only thing that would draw him out of his deep state of concentration was the one thing that happened to be walking on the path just off from them."
Siobhan Lee, though most around campus called her Bonnie, laughed in her harmonic way with Jacob Brant. Jacob was the Quarterback of the Princeton Tigers and quite literally one of the most handsome men to have ever walked the planet. What was worse, was he knew he was talented, popular and handsome. Most women on campus wore his jersey or had posters of him on their wall... and every woman dreamed to be in Bonnie's place as his steady girl.
Clyde raised his eyes at the sound of her laughter. Over a decade ago, he had met her at their Middle school where they had for a time been connected at the hip. They had rarely been separated through nearly all of middle school though as they got older, they grown into different interests. He had found a strong aptitude in science and computers and wound up becoming part of the geek crowd, while Bonnie had gotten into cheerleading and sports and began running with the jocks.
Despite their evolving away from each other, one thing had always been absolutely steadfast about Bonnie. It was that Clyde loved her more than anything else. Yes she was WAY out of his league. Yes she had shown absolutely NO interest in him as of junior year of high school, but none of that mattered. She had grown into a perfect 10 in his eyes and no one and nothing could ever change that. So much so that he had followed her to Princeton.
"You daft boy. Give up on her." Imani said as she followed his eyes towards Bonnie. She added, "You can do better than her. She got nothing but her looks right now and those looks will fade as she gets older."
Clyde just cleared his throat once and turned his eyes back to his gadget. He knew Imani was right but how does someone simply give up a life long crush on his used to be best friend? Even when she had friend zoned him in high school, he had done stupid little things to try and catch her attention, like trying out for the football team, which resulted in him breaking an arm due to an unfortunately problem with not being able to catch the ball.
He ignored his friends banter as he stared at his device and to his shock, one more tweaking of the panel in the back and suddenly, everything inside lit up! He yelled out in surprise and nearly dropped it before realizing what he had done! It had worked!!! The device was powered on!!
Everyone was staring at him in shock saying, "You mean... you got it running again?"
Clyde glanced up and looked at his friends and to his surprise, saw Bonnie and Jacob glancing at him as well. His face turned brilliant red and he quickly put the back cover on the device. He said, "I... I think I got it! I ... I am sure I got it."
"Well... try it!" Peter said as he studied it.
Clyde looked at each of his friends once more, his hands trembling and nodded. He opened the front panel and pushed the glowing red button. Suddenly... and shockingly... everything... stopped.
Peter Sellers chuckled saying, "You still working on that thing? How many times has it got to shock the shit out of you before you give up on it?" Peter was a fellow pursuant of the Advanced Computational Physics Degree and a friend of his since their Sophomore year in school. He held a small laptop of his own and his backpack slung on his back as he walked towards him sitting down.
Clyde smiled saying, "At least once... more."
"Give it up bro! You are wasting your time on that piece of junk that looks like something from the 90's. Didn't that used to be some kind of flip phone?" Juan Soong said as he drew close himself towards Clyde. He also carried a severely overstuffed backpack looking to break apart at the seams and his skateboard tucked under his arm.
"Leave him alone." Imani Jenkins said as she sat down next to Clyde saying, "Or would you want us to start making fun of your dumbass project? I mean... seriously an all in remote drone that delivers mail? You remember what happened with your last test?"
"Hey! That dog got away... with most of it's fur." Peter said before saying, "Point is, we have midterms next week and need to set up a study time. This test is very important. Now I have a scheduler here just tell me when you are free...."
Clyde ignored most of what they were talking about. He thought he had it figured out. He was 95.2% sure he knew what happened during the last test he had had back in his dorm. Of course, he still had to pay for the damages to his room before they would let him graduate this year which he had still yet to figure out. In fact, the only thing that would draw him out of his deep state of concentration was the one thing that happened to be walking on the path just off from them."
Siobhan Lee, though most around campus called her Bonnie, laughed in her harmonic way with Jacob Brant. Jacob was the Quarterback of the Princeton Tigers and quite literally one of the most handsome men to have ever walked the planet. What was worse, was he knew he was talented, popular and handsome. Most women on campus wore his jersey or had posters of him on their wall... and every woman dreamed to be in Bonnie's place as his steady girl.
Clyde raised his eyes at the sound of her laughter. Over a decade ago, he had met her at their Middle school where they had for a time been connected at the hip. They had rarely been separated through nearly all of middle school though as they got older, they grown into different interests. He had found a strong aptitude in science and computers and wound up becoming part of the geek crowd, while Bonnie had gotten into cheerleading and sports and began running with the jocks.
Despite their evolving away from each other, one thing had always been absolutely steadfast about Bonnie. It was that Clyde loved her more than anything else. Yes she was WAY out of his league. Yes she had shown absolutely NO interest in him as of junior year of high school, but none of that mattered. She had grown into a perfect 10 in his eyes and no one and nothing could ever change that. So much so that he had followed her to Princeton.
"You daft boy. Give up on her." Imani said as she followed his eyes towards Bonnie. She added, "You can do better than her. She got nothing but her looks right now and those looks will fade as she gets older."
Clyde just cleared his throat once and turned his eyes back to his gadget. He knew Imani was right but how does someone simply give up a life long crush on his used to be best friend? Even when she had friend zoned him in high school, he had done stupid little things to try and catch her attention, like trying out for the football team, which resulted in him breaking an arm due to an unfortunately problem with not being able to catch the ball.
He ignored his friends banter as he stared at his device and to his shock, one more tweaking of the panel in the back and suddenly, everything inside lit up! He yelled out in surprise and nearly dropped it before realizing what he had done! It had worked!!! The device was powered on!!
Everyone was staring at him in shock saying, "You mean... you got it running again?"
Clyde glanced up and looked at his friends and to his surprise, saw Bonnie and Jacob glancing at him as well. His face turned brilliant red and he quickly put the back cover on the device. He said, "I... I think I got it! I ... I am sure I got it."
"Well... try it!" Peter said as he studied it.
Clyde looked at each of his friends once more, his hands trembling and nodded. He opened the front panel and pushed the glowing red button. Suddenly... and shockingly... everything... stopped.