Breathe. Back in the shower Kelsey realized that while
reminiscing she had been lightly tapping her forehead against the wall and now
was getting a small headache growing behind her eyes. She stepped back and
rubbed her eyes groaning internally as her aching muscles rebelled against any
and all movement. She stretched her arms out behind her and let them fall again
feeling every fiber of her being longing to simply lay down and relax.
She reached
up and turned the shower head adjusting it to kneading and turned around trying
to smile as the powerful flow struck her back and attempted to burrow the heat
deep into the knotted mass of her shoulders. However as quickly as the smirk
danced across her lips it fell away again. There, drifting across the back wall
of the shower stall was Naomi’s face. Her limp hair now tangled and her glasses
askew but the nervous glance had been replaced with fear and a twinge of anger.
This
simple girl with a family Kelsey had never met or even known about before
today, now a glaring memory that would follow her forever. She tried keeping
eye contact but it was impossible to win a staring contest with a figment of
her imagination. With a sigh she gave up and backed up into the flow of the
shower letting the water run all the way through her hair. The heat was intense
but she was barely unaware and with her eyes closing once again, heart beating
faster than it should, she reached for the shampoo and thought to herself
again, just breathe.
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