Deserve (Eren x Reader)

Chapter 1: 10 Years From Now

A/N: for the purpose of the book, Levi and hange are both 18-19 like everyone else
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"So where will you be 10 years from now?"

I looked up from my notebook. I was unaware that Ms. Granger had spoken to me. My mind had wandered somewhere far off from the classroom. So when Ms. Granger spoke, I could not form an answer to give her.

The petite teacher stood at the top of the classroom with her arms crossed. Her brown eyes kind, but tired and sunken as she looked at me.

"Miss L/N?"

"I'm sorry Ms. I wasn't paying attention," I croaked, embarrassed.

There were a few scattered snickers around the class. I fidgeted in my seat.

The little teacher sighed and repeated her question, " you all graduate in two days, I'd like to know where you plan to be in 10 years. In this class, I've always taught you all to plan ahead. Your lives can go by in the blink of an eye. If you want to be prepared for the outside world, you must be prepared for your future. Without that preparation, you won't have determination. And without that, will you ever get to where you want to be?"

"I want to be an ER Doctor in 10 years," I said, "I plan to do this by completing a full medical term in Westfield University."

Ms. Granger smiled at me kindly, "Good." She took the white board marker from inside her bun. Her dark brown hair somehow remained untangled and unfazed by the foreign object she yanked out. She wrote "10 Years from now I am..." and capped the marker.

"This will be the last piece of writing you'll produce as high school students," Ms. Granger said with a huge smile. She seemed more excited about our graduation than the we did. "It will be a letter to yourself, one I hope to give back to you if we ever have a reunion. One I will read and see if you succeed in the future if we meet again."

There was a shuffle around the classroom as everyone began to prepare their essays. Ms. Granger sat down at her desk and began tapping away at her MacBook. She looked up, "you have 45 minutes."

"You okay Y/N?"

I felt a gentle tap on my shoulder and turned around. Hitch and Alec looked at me with uncertainty. The two most supportive people in my life. "Earth to Y/N?" Hitch said, waving her hand in my face.

I swatted her hand away and smirked, " why wouldn't I be okay? We're graduating from this shitty school tomorrow."

"Then stop drooling you dumb bitch," Alec said, "did you not sleep last night?"

"She was probably up shaking ass on TikTok," Hitch laughed loudly. I glared at her.

"Hitch Dreyes I know that was what you was doin' , tryna pin it on Y/N right now," Alec said , whacking the back of her head with a plastic ruler.

I snorted and gave her the middle finger. She rose from her seat slightly and grabbed my cheeks, shaking my head, " I will aggressively feed you raw eggs if you do not watch yourself, you dumbass hoe."

"Miss Dreyes?" Said Ms. Granger looking at us from her desk.

"Sorry Ms.!" Hitch smiled innocently.

I turned back around and rolled my eyes. I put my head in my hands and let the chatter of the class drown out. I sighed, looking at the doodle I had drawn 5 minutes before. Ripping the page off the notebook, I began writing.

"10 years from now, I want to be a doctor. I'm not sure if it's what I really want, or if it's what my parents pushed me to do. But the goal is to make money right? We were born in to this world like machines. Not really having anything to bank on but the certainty to pay taxes and go to school. To "achieve" something. I know it's a long way away, but a dream is a dream right? I wanna live comfortably while doing something I enjoy. Who knows if I'll get that in 10 years...."