She hadn’t gotten a car yet, and she didn’t think it would be a good idea to hop on a bike and ride home since she had had a few drinks before Sage had shown up, so she called for a taxi and went home, wanting to be as far away from Sage as humanly possible. He had ruined her night, and she felt sorry for herself. She shouldn’t have allowed him to ruin her night because she was there for herself and not him but what was done was done and she just wanted to think about everything by herself. She had felt so unbearably alone at the house for so long that she had started to hate the silence that she would often feel enveloped in, but when she got home that night she was thankful for it. She needed to process her thoughts and the best way for her to do that was in silence. She couldn’t ever u

