Calista

　　It's been a week since I finally returned to my childhood home, a place where I don't have to worry about rent since it was my mother's house when I was growing up. Now, this familiar space is my refuge as I prepare to head back to Summit Ridge College in Florida.

　　"Ugh, you've been thinking a lot these days!" Lysandra's playful voice cut through my reverie, pulling me back to the present.

　　I looked up from the pile of papers I had been ...