The draft

by jediknigh5

This is AU from the book. It has a more logical and less theocratic approach to the same problem. Still pretty brutal for those forced to go through it.

11. Chapter 11

Journal entry 11: May 2nd 2120

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I found out some good news today. Tomorrow my mother is taking me to the beach tomorrow. Next week is known as "Draft Week 2." Over the course of the week officials come to our school. Those who've been drafted are briefly sent to the principal's office, and the officials confirm that we've been drafted. The main point is that, just in case our parents haven't informed us yet, they make sure we know. Some parents wait to tell their teenage children, but really they would have had over a month by this point. Thus it's kind of tradition for these parents to take their children on a little mini-vacation the weekend before. If they haven't told us, this gives them the opportunity to either tell us in a pleasant environment, or give us one final good memory before telling us the bad news. My mother already told me, but she doesn't want me to miss out on the tradition. So, we leave tomorrow, which is a Friday, after school, and return Sunday evening. It's therefore a short trip, and I have to do my homework in the car there, or the car ride back. Still, it can be fun.