I came to my bed and there were mixed emotions going through my head. I was still able to hear the sounds slightly and don’t know when I fell asleep...I woke up at 7:30 in the morning and Arjun was still not on the bed. I heard laughing noises from outside. So I went into the hall. The noises were coming from the kitchen. There were my mom and Arjun laughing, clapping hands and hugging.It was common between them before too. I never doubted them earlier. But after this night, things were different. Tera's hands moved to her breasts, running beneath them, tracing the reddened outline left by a bra worn too long.The skirt slid to the floor followed closely by her sensible "work" panties.With a last lingering stare in the refogged mirror she pulled the shower curtain slowly aside.Stepping into the shower, seeing the wet hunched back of the woman she had come to love, Valerie squared her shoulders. She would share her soul openly with those that she loved; there would be no pretense, no. As we walked along the path I decided to keep the medallion in my hand. Suddenly, I could feel the handkerchief getting very warm and when I looked up I saw a Pueblo dwelling.When I looked to the top of the mountain, I saw a tree that was nearly identical to the one I had drawn at home! Since we’d carried our helmets with us so they wouldn’t get stolen, we put them on to get an elevation reading at the base of the mountain. I wrote that down on the laminated card on my wrist to compare it to,. The first thing they asked me was if I was alright,and I said yea, I was perfectly fine. I didn't tell them about Joshuathough; I didn't want a one way ride to the loony bin.And at that point, things went back to normal. I went to school thevery next day, and sat and chatted with the other girls during lunch. Icame home and did my homework in my room with posters of Justin Bieberand Taylor Swift on my walls. In no time flat, Joshua became anafterthought as I settled into being a normal.