[color=#8B8970][b]Mary Hollins[/b][/color]

[i]Before Class[/i]

Mary was up early in the morning to eat breakfeast with her Father before he left to work. If she didn't get up early in the morning, she may see her Dad once before she had to go to sleep for the night. He worked the longest hours in Maintenance as was usual for refs in the Vault. Mary had wished many times that they wouldn't have to work so much just for a crappy place in the Vault but, after listening to her parent's stories of the waste, realized that the Wasteland was far worse than being in a segregated Vault. Even if they were constantly discriminated against, they had a flow of food which was stable and safe. They didn't have to protect themselves from the constant threat of raiders and they had free education. The medical care wasn't bad and they didn't have to worry about dying from a small knick.

"Awake already Honey?" Mary's Father said as she walked out of her room. "Yeah, I... couldn't sleep all that well. Too nervous about seeing my Job to actually sleep." Mary said to her father as she sat down to her mole rat. Her Father knew it was a blantant lie but said nothing about. Instead, he took a sip from his coffee before he said, "It's understandable. Ya know, this is going to be the job you'll have for the rest of your life. But I'm sure you'll get something great." Mary simply nodded as she chewed the mole rat. It had a weird texture and taste but it was food that wasn't irradiated so it was worth it. Mary's Father left not too long before she had to get to school so she simply said goodbye to her brother and mother before leaving.

[i]After Class[/i]

Mary had been waiting for so long to get her test results back. She had believed she'd get something like hyrdoponics worker or lab assisstant but a Nurse was amazing. She could only imagine how proud her mother and father would be after hearing that she had gotten the job of Nurse. Mary knew that this meant that she would have to deal with the occasional person being prejudice against being cared for by a ref but it was better than being stuck in a terrible job. She would have to ride the elevator up from the ref living quarters all the way up to the floor which connected to the Doctor's office. It also meant she would have to walk past Vault Security everyday.

Mary nearly passed out when she got the results but managed to stay standing, though she was unsure if she would be able to later. She stood up with the rest of the students when the bell rang for dismissal but still stood by her desk as everybody else left. [i]Twelve years, I've spent twelve years learning in these class rooms here. To think that time passed so quickly and now I'm moving on to a job.[/i] Mary couldn't help but remark to herself that she wasn't likely to ever have to pass through the class rooms again. She wouldn't see the people she had practically grown up with in those very same rooms as often as she had in the past twelve years. Sure they may occasionally visit the Doctor's Office, but they wouldn't be there every day. Mary moved to leave the class room only to get out and bump into somebody in the hallway. 

"S..sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you." Mary said before you she looked up. Mary's face turned from nervous to a tad bit on the side of afraid. She had bumped into Kat, of all people in the entire vault she had to bump into Kat. Mary knew who Kat was and knew that it was best to avoid the leader of the gang know as the 'Rattlesnakes' otherwise it might not end so well for you. She was deathly afraid of the gang and had tried to avoid them, and Kat, at all costs while she was finishing her schooling. And it just had to be that on the last day of school she bumps into Kat on accident. This world just seemed to be against Mary in all matters now.