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THAT'S WEIRD LAURA

One month.

That's how long it had been since I came home - well, Texas, anyway. Since I stepped foot into a house I didn't recognize, in a state I never imagined living in.

And now, here I was.

Standing in front of the mirror, steam curling around me as dragged a towel over my damp skin. I reached out, wiping the condensation off the glass, revealing my reflection-really looking at myself. My hair was still a little dull, the ends thinner than I

remembered. My cheeks weren't as hollow anymore, but they still weren't as full as they used to be. My ribs no longer jutted out as sharply, and the muscles in my arms and legs had started filling back in, thanks to the endless amounts of protein Josh had been feeding me.

I was getting stronger.

Every day, I felt more alive.

I dropped the towel to my shoulders, running my fingers through my hair before my gaze drifted lower. My fingertips brushed over the scar on my hairline, then over the faint, healing wound on my throat. Lower still, my ribs, still slightly too pronounced. Then the most prominent scar-the one on my stomach where

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the feeding tube had been.

So many scars.

So many reminders of what I'd been through.

I let out a breath, shaking my head.

I needed sun.

I needed fresh air.

I needed to live.

today, for the first time, I was taking a step toward

driver to take me to Asha's

picking up

normal-and yet my stomach

Nerves. Excitement. Fear.

pulling on jeans and a loose sweater, slipping my feet into sneakers. My body felt steady beneath me. I no longer needed the wheelchair. I could manage

I climbed into the car, I couldn't shake the feeling that

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see if I was

could do

could

my bag.

This was normal.

This was life.

my skin-another reminder that I'd spent too much time inside. A mental note formed in my head. I needed more days

as I adjusted the strap of my bag over my

Then they walked over.

one of them

the smile. "I

just incredible, really. Everything you've

this a lot

people

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to make me

sat

politely. "Thank

right places, made small talk, but my eyes kept drifting toward the school doors,

Asha.

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