After the Verdict

I finished a whole tub of cookies and cream ice-cream. Every girl's gotta have a good tub of ice-cream in the fridge for times like this.

I cleaned up the place. My apartment looks like a war zone after every assignment deadline or exam.

I slept. This time, I didn't dream.

I broke the news to mum. She hid her disappointment and told me that she's already proud of me because I went to sit for the exam.

I talked to Bee. He's the best boyfriend in the whole world.

I cried while I was on the phone with Bee. It was the first time I cried after I found out about the result.

I spoke to mum again. She called me for the second time just to tell me that both dad and her won't blame me for failing and they just want me to be happy.

I took a sleeping pill and slept, wishing that it had all been just a bad dream.

But it wasn't.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Willie Nelson

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

One day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly,
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why, oh why can't I?

Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly,
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then, oh why can't I?