You get up

Showertime

You finally get most of the makeup off your face by the time the mirror fogs up. You step in to the hot shower and you’re enveloped in bliss. The rain fall head is exquisite, you could really get used to the way these people live. Your mind starts to wander as you stand there, it’s the first time to yourself you’ve had the whole trip. Aaron is gone, you’re sure of that, but does that mean Erin is a completely different person? No, vyou’re still interested in your education, music, all of the interests that made you and Paul fast friends. This shift in your reality is too profound to ignore. But it’s something you can’t articulate in the hazy center of the shower.

You start to compile a mental list of the things that you need to update when you get back to campus, you pray that it will be a minor annoyance at most. But Paul will help, you’re sure. He has a knack for administrative navigation, he’s helped you with paperwork before.