Aria’s POV
... One Year Later ...
My eyes shot open in the darkness - my heart pounded against my ribs and my breath was catching in the back of my throat. 1:22 am. Still too early to get up and go downstairs. Today was going to be a big day and the anticipation was killing me. I couldn’t sleep more than an hour or two before waking up again, adrenaline pumping, head buzzing and ready to go.
“Happy birthday to meeee,” I sang out, quietly.
Ahem... to us, you mean, Reva teased. Clearly she hadn’t been able to get any sleep either.
“Do you want to go for a run? Blow off some steam?” I asked her out loud, though I knew she had already heard my thoughts before they reached my lips. It was my way of keeping us both awake. I couldn’t remember the last time I was this excited for something
