[ WP ] 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... ... ... And then it happened .

I think it was the waiting that really got to us. We had weeks to sort things out before. Many of us were ready within the first couple days. Some of us held off until the last minute, but we got it all figured out, one way or the other. 
 
 And then... we had to wait. 
 
 You could feel the tension in the air as the clock wound down -- to the day -- to the hour -- to the minute. 
 
 I counted the ten final seconds. I might have died when the timer reached five... I'm not sure, there was so much adrenaline in me -- in ALL of us. 
 
 Then it came to the final three seconds, and suddenly, I felt the tension bleed away into the air. All around me, people were suddenly breathing sighs of relief, slowly closing their eyes... finally making peace. 
 
 2 seconds. 
 
 A smile made its way onto my face as I realized the bliss of finality. 
 
 And as I kept my eyes open for the last second, I only knew joy. 
 
 A joy, now that the waiting had ended. 
 
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