


The best description I can come up with is “Poof!” The liquids instantaneously vaporized, forming a white cloud. It’s difficult to describe what happened in that fraction of a second as the hot liquids ran together. Catching the edge of the counter, I had a close-up view of the strange occurrence on top. Frantically waving while I plunged, I knocked the beakers off the burners. Before I could smash into them face-first, my hands came to life. Before any reflex could kick in, I fell towards the coffeemaker and dirty mugs. "Snapping out of the daydream, I realized the stool was giving way beneath me. Suddenly, the sand trembles beneath them.

"Jared and I are walking along a sandy beach, cool waves lapping at our feet. Bored by her lengthy responses and foreign words, my mind picked up where it had left off in the daydream Miriam had interrupted. Listening to the professor explain her gene therapy was like watching grass grow. "One thing I had predicted about the interview proved to be spot-on.
