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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.

the first time, I

to take me

was picking up

yet my stomach was twisted

Nerves. Excitement. Fear.

needed the wheelchair. I

yet, as I climbed into the car, I couldn't shake the

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see if

could do

I could

car pulled up in front of the school, my fingers tightened around my bag. Parents gathered outside, chatting amongst

This was normal.

This was life.

skin-another reminder that I'd spent too much time

me as I adjusted the strap of my bag

Then they walked over.

Asha's mom," one of them

returned the

her head. "It's just incredible, really. Everything you've been through...

heard this a lot

people

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they weren't trying to make me

the word sat

politely. "Thank

school events, about how strong I was. I nodded in all the right places, made small talk, but my eyes kept drifting toward the school doors, waiting for

Asha.

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