Ember
I shook awake and quickly looked around. It was easier to come out of the traveling. Ashlyn was just sitting up beside me.
"Told you it gets easier," she chuckled. I shook my head before I burst into laughter. This wasn't the time to laugh, but after everything we had seen, it was better than crying. We laid back down and laughed like it would be the last time. And maybe it was. Maybe we are both dead already.
We both jumped before sitting up when a car horn blazed. We looked at each other and started laughing again.
“Okay,” Ashlyn breathed out as she stood up. She then helped me to stand.
“Let’s figure out where we are now,” she chuckled.
My laughter died on my lips as I looked around to find my ten-year-old self saying goodbye to my mother.
"Ember, what's wrong? Do you k
