No matter how much I wanted to, I couldn’t do it. There was no way I could possibly bring
myself to a state of mind where it was ok. Everyone else does it, I thought. It
didn’t help me at all. I turned over and pressed my pillow to my face. “ I
refuse to get up”. My sister walked towards me and patted me on the leg.
“ Come on” she said “get up before you miss the bus.”
“No way,” I groaned into the pillow, trying to prolong the
few moments of peace I had left before I was removed from my cocoon of warmth
and happiness into the brutal world.
Like a baby being removed from its mother for the first time, I wanted
to cry. I held in my tears as I placed my warm foot onto the cold, marble
floor. In an instant, all the warmth and comfort was sucked out of my foot like
a vacuum cleaner removing dust from small corners. Covering myself in my
blanket I placed one foot next to the other. I felt completely empty. The cold
and uncomfortable feelings pierced my soul. I stood up and took two steps
forward. The cold floor is always the worst part. The cold floor.