Summer filled the house with light. I moved back home for reasons I don't remember. My mother, unaware, hounded me with questions and accusations. I screamed at her, pulling my own hair and hitting my skull, questioning if I was even a real person anymore.
She made me see Paul again, every other day.
She got home from work every night and made dinner so she'd have an excuse to make me come downstairs and spend time with family.
Slowly, it helped. I hardly noticed, but one day I looked up and the world didn't feel so far away anymore. I wondered what Aedin was doing, and I decided I didn't care.
Mom came up and showed me medical school applications. She was overjoyed when I agreed to apply to a few, and agreed to help pay.
I finally felt full, as the birds chirped and the sky was flooded with blue. In the Summer.