With only my finals left to complete the summer classes I was in, I shut myself into my room for days trying to study. Vivian occasionally popped her head in to give me a mental break, filling me in on the outside world. A stench began to fester from my clothes due to my lack of showering, but that seemed less of a priority at the moment. Riley had disappeared into his own studying meltdown, leaving me to suffer alone binge-reading textbooks with a plate of chicken nuggets at my side.
Hearing the front door open and close was something I had come to ignore. Viv was always in and out, I didn't bother keeping track anymore. My bedroom door creaked open slowly, but I didn't look up as I replied, finding even a millisecond of wasted time to be earth-shattering. The springs of my bed shifted w
