Programming A.I., artificial intelligence. Trisecting an angle in geometry. Hell, when I'd been a kid I'd even fooled around with perpetual motion, su...re I could get it done where no-one ever had before. And I remembered vividly how foolish, how stupid, I'd felt when I'd, inevitably, failed and had to admit it.That was a feeling I simply couldn't afford right now. To initiate a move and fail before I'd even got fairly started, especially in front of the woman I loved, would be more of a blow. Fermin was not surprised when the boy with the keys came and stopped by the late model Cadillac. “Nice car”, Fermin said, as he looked at the car. “Thanks” the man answered promptly and pressed a button on the key and the car trunk opened up automatically. Fermin had heard of the newer model cars with special gadgets coming in the town and was not surprised but of course impressed a lot, to say the least. He looked at the trunk and remarked of it being quite large and roomy. “You bet, it is big. See I’m finally old enough, and it’s my turn to marry. I’ve picked you to be my first wife,” he announced excitedly.“WHAT? You can’t, I’m won’t!”“You’re cute when you argue,” he sighed, staring at me dreamily. My stomach dropped.“You can’t kidnap someone and make them marry you!”“Now, now Skye, that’s enough talking like that.”“My name is Lyndsay, not Skye!”“I said ENOUGH!” he shouted slamming his fist on the metal floor hard enough I jumped at the sudden outburst. His mood mellowed almost and. This is the worst. The first day of your senior year and you're already twenty minutes late for class. It was just terrible luck that your car broke down and you had to call to get it towed and wait for it to get there. Honestly, it's surprising that the truck arrived when it did and not an hour or two later."Fuuuck...." You zoom past a teacher and he yells at you to slow down, but you barely register it as you rush to your classroom.You wanted to start your last year of school off on a.
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