Gemotions

The news arrived in a brief, dismissive text message from another student, delivered with casual, almost mocking indifference. "Guess who's leaving?" Marcus read it and felt a wave of nausea wash over him. Professor Albright, the woman who had opened the world of astrophysics to him, was moving on. He stood up abruptly from his desk.

He felt a sudden, inexplicable urge to do something, anything, to stop the inevitable. He began pacing his cramped apartment, his mind a whirlwind of confusion and disbelief. The small details of his life seemed to lose their meaning. It was as if everything was suddenly out of focus. He wished there was something, anything he could do.