I couldn't breathe. My mind was spinning and I felt like the room was closing in on me. The conversation that Mel and my parents were having, seemed to wither down to a low rumbling echo, that was reaching me from underwater. I felt Evan's hand squeeze my own. He was my anchor in that moment, keeping me from slipping down into darkness.
"Rox?"
I heard his whisper in my ear, and I jolted slightly, turning to face him. My eyes stung as tears threatened to spill. All surrounding sound seemed to rush back to me at once. Along with the pounding of my heart and the pain of a breath that I hadn't allowed to come.
"Rox?"
I saw the overjoyed expressions on my sister and my parent's faces as she twirled in her dress and they supplied her with accessories from neighbouring shelves. The heartache
