I didn't love him anymore - I knew this ever since the beginning, but I couldn't bring myself to believe it's truth. The night I knew, I let go of all that hurt and pain, and gave myself in to him completely. It was us and us alone - that night, Sam wasn't mine, my parents didn't fight. All was right in the world. But then the sun came up, and the fantasy had slipped through my fingers. I was on the first bus back to campus in the early hours of the day after Christmas. I had waited that afternoon for an announcement, the warmth of the indoor area to Redmond's main bus station calming my trembles ever so slightly. And on the way back, all I could do was sleep. I had been so exhausted, so deprived of any real peace over the weekend. And I could've slept through to the end, if it

