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First Day At Westmoor

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Alejandro’s POV

Zenith’s laughter usually sounds like sunlight. Warm and ffortless. But tonight, it’s missing. She is quiet. Too quiet. And not in the way I am.

She is sitting cross-legged on the couch, knees drawn in, sketchpad open but untouched. Her pencil taps a rhythm against the edge of the page, but she has not made a single line. She keeps sighing.

I sit by the window, watching the moon climb higher behind the trees. The wind rustles gently against the glass, but it cannot drown out the heaviness in her silence. Finally, she speaks. “Tomorrow’s the day.”

I do not answer right away. I know what she means. School. Her first day back after summer. First time in a new district. No familiar faces. No parents dropping her off or hugging her goodbye. Just me. A stranger she let in. “It’s dumb, I know,” she says quickly, before I can respond. “I mean, I’m eighteen. I should be fine. I am fine. It’s just…” She does not finish.

I rise from the window and walk over. She does not look up.
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