Forever Altered
“my roommate whispers. “Go back to sleep. I’ll try to be quieter.”
“No biggie. I want to get up anyway.” I sit up and get out of bed. “I’m going to get ready and head home for the weekend.” She turns to me. “Why?”
“What do you mean why?” I was on my way to the bathroom but stop and look over at her confused at why she would ask that.
“Are you really going home?”
“Where else would I go?”
“What day is it today, Lyss?”
“Friday?”
I answer but it comes out like a question.
She is smiling now. ...“Really?”
“Leah, can you please stop speaking in riddles. It’s too friggin early for me to think and I have a headache from drinking beer last night. That shit is disgusting, by the way. Why does everyone like it so much? Remind me to stick with vodka next time.”
“For the last month, you’ve been waking up telling yourself how many days it’s been since, well, you know. Now you are telling me that today is Friday.” Now that it’s clear what she is talking about, I understand why she is questioning my sudden announcement of heading home. She was afraid that I was going to go see Jeff. “No, I’m really going home. My dad was asking me yesterday to come home for a couple days and I need to get some warmer clothes, anyway. You guys deserve a weekend free from worrying about me. Don’t you agree?” I shrug my shoulders. “Besides, you’ve barely spent any time with Tyler.” “I see Tyler all the time. You know he doesn’t mind spending time with you, Lyss. He loves you just as much as I do.” She throws her shirt on and stands in front of the mirror on the wall checking how it looks from the front and back. “Don’t you ever think for a second that you are some kind of burden on us. Do you understand me?” “Honestly, I just want to go home and clean out my bedroom. There are lots of pictures and other crappy mementos that need to be tossed. I’ve been purposely putting it off. I miss my dad and Jill, too. They’ve been worried.”MoreLess
“No biggie. I want to get up anyway.” I sit up and get out of bed. “I’m going to get ready and head home for the weekend.” She turns to me. “Why?”
“What do you mean why?” I was on my way to the bathroom but stop and look over at her confused at why she would ask that.
“Are you really going home?”
“Where else would I go?”
“What day is it today, Lyss?”
“Friday?”
I answer but it comes out like a question.
She is smiling now. ...“Really?”
“Leah, can you please stop speaking in riddles. It’s too friggin early for me to think and I have a headache from drinking beer last night. That shit is disgusting, by the way. Why does everyone like it so much? Remind me to stick with vodka next time.”
“For the last month, you’ve been waking up telling yourself how many days it’s been since, well, you know. Now you are telling me that today is Friday.” Now that it’s clear what she is talking about, I understand why she is questioning my sudden announcement of heading home. She was afraid that I was going to go see Jeff. “No, I’m really going home. My dad was asking me yesterday to come home for a couple days and I need to get some warmer clothes, anyway. You guys deserve a weekend free from worrying about me. Don’t you agree?” I shrug my shoulders. “Besides, you’ve barely spent any time with Tyler.” “I see Tyler all the time. You know he doesn’t mind spending time with you, Lyss. He loves you just as much as I do.” She throws her shirt on and stands in front of the mirror on the wall checking how it looks from the front and back. “Don’t you ever think for a second that you are some kind of burden on us. Do you understand me?” “Honestly, I just want to go home and clean out my bedroom. There are lots of pictures and other crappy mementos that need to be tossed. I’ve been purposely putting it off. I miss my dad and Jill, too. They’ve been worried.”MoreLess
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