Clara
I wake up before any alarm goes off. I don't know exactly what time it is… but the excitement makes me wake up much earlier. That day, the day.
Today is the day I reunite my life with Ethan. And it feels different than the first time.
I open my eyes slowly and stare at the ceiling for a few seconds, silent, my heart beating faster than normal. It's not anxiety, it's not exactly nerves. It's… something else. Something that settles in my chest and won't go away.
I sit up slowly in bed, placing a hand on my chest, as if that's how I can understand what I'm feeling. And then I recognize it. Happiness, yes. But not alone; it comes accompanied by something softer, and quieter—I think fear.
The door opens gently.
"Are you awake yet?"
My mother's voice fills the room with that
