f**k! I yell at myself as I check my phone for the hundredth time in five minutes.
“I’m late! I am the first sophomore to be nominated to present their project to the scholarship board, and I am running late.
“Just breathe, dear; you have time. The fair doesn't start for another half hour. "
“I need to get everything set up, and this traffic is taking forever!”
“Samantha, there is no traffic." My mom laughs at me. “This is how fast it always takes us to get to your school.”
“It feels ten times slower. I…I just really want to win, ok?” I take a deep breath and rest my head against the headrest.
My mom rests her hand on my leg and gives me a reassuring squeeze without ever taking her eyes off the road. Ever the cautious driver. “I know you do, but if you don't keep a level head, you wo
