The day was just a normal day. The time was a normal time. The school was a normal school. The people were normal people. And everything else in the world seemed just that: normal. As it always seems before the unthinkable.
For Tommy, the day was not a normal day. It was not a normal time, not a normal school, and there were no normal people. For him, it was all about to change. One problem led to one choice which led to one decision. The action he was about to perform was one that he had thought long and hard about, a thought that had consumed his every waking moment. Even now, as Tommy walked fast down the walkway, his thoughts burned into his mind. Distracted, he wasn't watching where he was going.
Among the many college students who crowded the campus, there was a girl who had been staring the opposite way towards the main campus building. Standing under the doorway, she gave every apearance of the new girl. She looked down at the paper in her hand, then looked up again with a confused expresion. Spotting Tommy, she asked, "Excuse me, do you know where I could find Professor Harik's office?"
Torn abruptly from his own world, Tommy dropped his backpack. "Oh, I'm sorry," the girl immediately apologized, "Here, let me help you with that."
She went instantly to the ground to recover the fallen object. Tommy tried to intercept her but it was too late. He saw her eyes briefly widen in shock. She abruptly stood up and took a deep breath. In that moment, Tommy pitied the girl. "If you know what that means, I want you to just walk away... right now." He spoke in a low voice as he bent to pick up the detonation device she had discovered.
"Why do you want to do this?" she asked.
"I have no other choice, this is the only way." Tommy replied sadly.
"There is always another option. What is your name?"
Tommy snorted. "As if I would tell you. Get out now, I don't want to hurt you."
"My name is Nicole, Nicole Gabriel. Can I pray for you?" The girl ignored Tommy's demand.
"Leave now! Why waste your time with me? I'm not worth your prayers."
"I disagree, everyone is worth prayers. After all, Jesus died for you too." Nicole continued to argue.
"Your God never helped me! Leave Me Alone! If He couldn't take care of me then, than what can He do now?" Tommy now became angry. Taking a deep breath, he said "If your God could do anything, I would need proof. Certain, undeniable, unfakeable truth." His grip tightened on the detonator. "One last chance Nicole, leave now."
"My God can do many things, Tommy," Nicole said with a sad, strange look on her face, "And there are always more chances."
"Then I'm sorry," Tommy whispered, "but I can't find them." With that, his finger hit the button, and the normal day was no longer normal... BOOM!