*ONE YEAR LATER* ________________________ ||*ARIEL*|| I made my way out of the bathroom, fully dressed, and walked over to my dressing mirror to get my hair styled when my phone rang. Retracing my step back to the bed, I picked up the blaring phone, receiving the call and I put it on speaker before going back to the dressing mirror with the phone in hand. [Ariel?] Mom called into the phone as I sat down. [Morning mom, how was your night?] I asked, squirting a desired amount of my leave in conditioner into my palm before kneading it through my scalp. [Morning, you promised to call last night, but you didn't what happened?] I expected this; I had even expected her to call me very early in the morning, as she did whenever she worries about my well being. [I said that yeah, sorry mom I