Her car was fast becoming her only source of solitude. Although the temperature had dropped since the sun had gone down, she rolled down her driver's side window. Her shoulder grew cold and a chill came through her body, but she kept the window open all the way home. She had this vague notion that she could freeze the emotions out of her if she tried hard enough. Maybe her heartbeat would slow to a manageable pace.
She was in a constant flux of dealing with other people's emotions. She took on everyone else's emotions, and there was no room left for hers inside her mind. She was feeling everyone else's emotions or she was frozen, shut down. There was no inbetween.
Her car smelled of no one else tonight. Her BFF had been the last one in it, and only for a brief moment. Her sanctuary had become hers again. She wasn't sure she ever wanted to let anyone back in. If only she could stop her mind from wandering to her own stupid overzealous emotions.
The moon was so bright she could have turned off her headlights. Even tonight she couldn't disappear completely if she wanted to. She concentrated harder on the cold air coming into the car. It wasn't working.
