A Year Later

It had been over a year since Cheyenne had seen Nick. She rarely thought of him at all anymore. Not during the day anyway she thought of him every night. She dreamed of him most nights. Still, she had for the most part moved on.

She had managed to make all A’s last semester helping to relieve some of the damage her first year had caused. School was almost a vacation for her. It was a way to fill her mind with anything but Nick. It had helped push his memory back and fill it with other facts.

Cheyenne had casually dated a guy named Ryan for a few months. Nothing serious had ever come from it and they still hooked up from time to time. She had no feelings for him, he was only a means to an end that didn’t require any commitment.

She had only gone home twice since she had left. Once for Thanksgiving and once for Christmas. Both times she came down and stayed two days leaving the first chance she could. Those times had been hard on her. She refused to leave the house a