Everyone knows you die at eighteen. No one knows why. Our scientists gave up on it long ago. Some even say it's a good thing. It reminds you to enjoy, cherish, and take advantage of the time you have. I can't seem to get the "enjoy" part down. I'm sixteen. I'm afraid.
-taken from Andrew's notebook

BREAKING NEWS: PRODIGY LEADS NATIONS TO PROSPERITY
D.C. - Addressing a conference of reporters, Adi Rosswell says he hopes to revive the long gone "Nineteen Project". At only five years old, President Rosswell is the youngest person in history to take the office, the average age being a much older thirteen. After sweeping reforms across the United States, Rosswell has nearly eliminated poverty, and he has set his sights even higher.
"The only reason we haven't found a cure is because we stopped looking for one. I believe I'll meet a nineteen-year old in my lifetime," said the president to reporters this Wednesday.
-article from CNN online

It's only a week away, the day I was born. The day I turn eighteen. I never told Alysse how I feel. Everyone else has had meaningful relationships, a family... While I slaved away at a desk job. I wish I could get those years all back.

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It's tomorrow.

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I just turned eighteen. I think. Maybe it's just off a few seconds. I'm surrounded by friends. I guess it wouldn't be so bad to pass this way. Alysse is here, she's smiling at me. I still can't work up the confidence to tell her.

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I'm alive. My friends are as confused as I am. How am I alive? I'm still not sure if the date was just wrong. If it wasn't, what does that mean for me? What does that mean for everyone else?
-from Andrew's notebook

UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF ADULT, ALIVE
WASHINGTON - Witnesses say Andrew Cullingham is alive and perfectly healthy. At eighteen, he would be the first adult since 2120 to live past their eighteenth birthday. President Rosswell called the man, "The miracle our country needs."
Cullingham could not be reached for comment.
-article from New York Herald online

This sounds pretty interesting. Keep up the good work Epic! I want to read the rest of it. You don't really need the citations though. Other than that it's sounds like it'll make a really good story when you're finished.

Mia03 : Thanks! This whole thing was off the top of my head so we'll see how it goes.