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Life Designed

Life Plan Series, Book 1

By: Eliza Taye

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, businesses, organizations, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Dedication

For all those whose lives have been derailed and changed forever from the worldwide coronavirus pandemic of 2020.

Table of Contents

Dedication

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Review Request Page

Acknowledgments

About the Author

More Books by Eliza Taye

Chapter 1

Opal strode down the steps, her confidence and excitement radiating through the huge grin on her face. After spending years writing and polishing the Life Plan that detailed the major events for the rest of her life, she had finally submitted it for pre-approval. With each step, the heavy weight of anxiety and anticipation lifted from her chest. In less than two weeks, she would become a Declarer and her life would begin along the path she’d written for herself.

“Hey, Opal!” Garrett jogged over to Opal with a wave. “How was it?”

Opal smiled back at her best friend and rushed down the last few stairs of City Hall. “Hey, Garrett, I don’t know yet. They still have to review everything I’ve written. How is your Plan coming?”

Garrett winced slightly and scratched the side of his nose.

Opal knew those gestures. Garrett was trying to hide his procrastination. “Garrett, you have two weeks left to plan out your entire life! Why are you still waiting?”

“That’s exactly it, Opal. I have two whole weeks left to plan everything.” Garrett clasped his hands together, throwing them behind his head and resting them on his shoulders. “I’ll be fine. I don’t understand the importance of getting it done so early. Why can’t I just throw it together at the last minute?”

Opal peered at him through slit eyes. “Like you do your schoolwork? That isn’t going to cut it, Garrett. You know this is how our world works…if we don’t have our entire lives planned out by the time we are seventeen, you know what will happen.” Opal glanced around to see if anyone was listening.

“Yeah, yeah, I know. You’ll become one of the Undecided and be forced to do whatever odd jobs society needs. Any essential jobs society has to fill that none of the Decideds planned to do in their Life Plans, I know.”

“Yes, and it is never good. You have to start your Plan.”

Garrett let his arms fall back to his side as Opal and he continued to walk down the street. “Ah, Opal, why can’t you just write it for me? You know me better than anyone else and you always have everything planned out so perfectly. I mean, I don’t know anyone else who has their Plan ready for pre-approval almost two whole weeks before Submission Day.”

Opal breathed in deeply and let it out with pride. “Well, I like to ensure that everything is perfect. If anything may be denied it gives me a chance to change things before they’re finalized. I want my entire life to be perfect.”

They continued along the bland white stone pathway leading from City Hall to the rest of the city. The blue-tinted sky above them so dark it almost appeared black was dimly lit by the reflection of light from the distant blue sun bouncing off the two moons, Eris and Maytenar. To illuminate the darkness, their city, Galaxcion, used lampposts with white bulbous lightbulbs to shine brilliant light along the pathways. Several other people besides Opal and Garrett walked along the lit pathways, but for a workday, there were fewer than normal.

“Oh, no.” Garrett hopped over to the other side of Opal in one swift movement.

“What?” Opal examined Garrett with questioning eyes.

“Oh, nothing.” Garrett pretended to act nonchalant, but he still tried his best to hide behind Opal’s thin form.

Whipping her head back around to her left, Opal noticed a girl with long-flowing brown hair walking up to a street vendor selling bracelets. “Oh, I see. It’s her.”

“Yeah,” murmured Garrett.

“Is she still stalking you? Or is it that she coincidentally happened to be in the same place as you again.” The corner of Opal’s mouth twitched into a small smile.

Garrett, in his annoyance, forgot that he was trying to hide and bounced in front of Opal, walking backward as he spoke. “Hey, she’s crazy. If I had any idea how crazy she was, I never would have dated her.”

Opal glanced back over at the girl, who was giving the vendor the money and receiving her purchased item. “She doesn’t seem that bad. She is one of the most popular girls in our academy.”

“Yeah, she might be popular, but it’s because she puts on a front for others.”

“I don’t know, Garrett. She’s been nice when I’ve met her.”

“Yeah, well you’ve never been one-on-one with her…that’s when the crazy comes out.”

“Well, she just noticed us.” Opal raised her hand and waved.

Garrett’s umber brown eyes bulged as his mouth hung open in shock.

The girl grinned and waved back at them with exaggerated glee.

“Please, don’t