Gemotions

The phone felt warm in Emily's hand. She’d been up for hours, already having finished her workout and devoured a protein-packed breakfast. The sky outside was a perfect, cloudless blue, mirroring the clear, sharp focus she felt coursing through her. She felt like she could leap over buildings.

A ping. A friend request from Jason. The kid who used to hide her textbooks in the lockers. She took a deep breath, a flicker of something she couldn’t quite name running through her. She looked at his profile, a slight smirk appearing on her face. Then, she accepted. The game, it seemed, was on.