Disclaimer in chapter one.
Author's Note: I feel as if these are getting a little
depressing and angsty lately. Sorry about this... I'm feeling rather
emotional lately, and this is my outlet. In fact, this chapter is a
reflection of how I seem to be feeling a lot of these days.
26. After Time
She feels surrounded. Trapped. Claustrophobic.
She's always been the girl that was different. Everything about her was always different. And now she's stuck in a sea of people that are excited and squealy and just the tiniest bit irritating.
For the first time in her life, she realises she just don't know where to go.
She doesn't know what she wants. She feels as if this is happening all too fast, all this talk of moving on and career and future is terrifying her. She supposes it's because she's always felt as if she would have more time. She wants the world to slow down, just for a second, so she can breathe.
The pit of her stomach has that empty, hollow feeling, and she hates it. She hates this, not knowing where to go next.
She sighes heavily, and glances around the room at her excitable peers, until she finds that a pair of hazel eyes are staring, unblinkingly, at her, in a way that makes her feel bare and vulnerable.
He understands.
It'll be okay. Because he'll be there to free her.