The Life-Changing Trip
On the high-speed train home, the scenery outside passed by in fragments, but I could not focus on any of it.
Shanine slept soundly on my shoulder. She had drunk too much the night before and had been rushed onto the train early this morning, leaving her half-dazed. Her hair brushed my neck, carrying the familiar scent of her shampoo.
Yet, my heart felt strangely quiet.
Almost empty.
That happiness had arrived too fiercely, and it had disappeared just as quickly.
Phoebe sat across from us, wearing headphones and scrolling through her phone. Occasionally, she looked up, our eyes meeting briefly before she quickly looked away again, as if nothing had ever happened.