Amara---

Amara was in bed, flipping between staring at the ceiling and staring at the clock. Three AM now, and she had started doing that thing where she worked out precisely how many hours she would be asleep if she went to sleep right away. She was three hours behind as of now, and there was still no sign of her ever falling asleep. It wasn't even like she wasn't tired. She was. She couldn't seem to shut off her brain.

She was always a little restless like this whenever she had to get up ...