At least he wouldn’t miss them. He needed to do a little research for a paper that was due by the end of the week. He’d found one perfect book there that the library on campus was missing—but it wasn’t like the campus library ever had a great selection, anyway. His plan was to get the book when the library when it opened, leave in time to get to get to his class. He wanted to sleep in and get the book between class and work, but when he looked at just how much he needed to do for the paper, he realized that wasn’t going to be enough time. So he was up early again. Mornings like this, he wanted to say screw it and quit school. It was a tempting idea.There were a few other people standing outside the library, waiting for it to open, when he got there. Some looked like students, same as him, while others looked like homeless people who’d probably just wanted to use the free bathrooms. Or maybe they would want to read—it was free entertainment, after all. Not that it mattered to him.
