Elena's POV

The tv show had been playing for forty minutes and I couldn't have told you a single thing that happened.

Someone said something on screen, there was a reaction, music swelled underneath it, and I watched all of it without registering any of it.

I shifted on my couch and pulled my knees up, staring at the television.

The episode moved into the next scene, and I realised I had missed whatever connected them. I didn't rewind it though.

I just sat there with the remote in my hand ...