I kept smiling the entire ride home, even though my stomach was all tangled up in a bunch of nerves. I was so nervous and excited and wrapped up in my thoughts that I had not realised that we had gotten home until Justin pointed it out.

“Don’t be so nervous. You did okay. It takes a lot of courage to do what you did,” I muttered to myself as I walked upstairs to my room.

I was trying to calm myself down, but it was hard, so instead of lying down on my inviting bed, I dropped my bag and ...