I stared at the road ahead of me, my overnight bag slipping towards the floor with every stop I made. I constantly had to push it back; I even contemplated strapping it in but realized that I didn’t have enough time. As the light turned green, I turned down the familiar strip of road, a sigh of relief coursing through me when I saw that the red car was absent from the driveway. Parking in front of the house, I quickly got out of the car, scooping my bag up and strolling towards the front door.
“You’re here!” Marissa cried out in exuberance. I was quickly taken into a hug. By now I should be expecting these hugs whenever we see each other, but I can’t just go from never being hugged (by anyone aside from my mother) to being hugged almost every day. Despite the fact that I’d just seen her y
