Beautiful Monster (2009)
“She’s already checked her bag several times to make sure she has enough pens, and backup pens should the first three fail. She pulls the strap of her bag over her shoulder and walks up to the gym where the exams are being held. They’re only mock, she reminds herself. A test, a trial, a guide. She prays again and again that she won’t fail them. She has enough time to sit under a tree and revise her notes—for the fifteenth time that morning. She knows this information so well, she tries to reassure herself. But what if none of it is in the paper—what if it’s made up of stuff she hasn’t studied? She shakes her head and tries to relax. She watches the other Year 12s meander casually towards the building and stand around chatting about the weekend. Tess feels the urge to leap to her feet and scream, ‘What is wrong with you people? Don’t you realise what we are about to do?’ But of course she doesn’t. She curls her toes painfully inside her shoes and talks herself into breathing.
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