The Eve of Change

Vivienne’s POV

(December 2019)

It was Christmas break in 2019, and everything was supposed to feel magical; cocoa and carols and cozy sweaters that cost way too much. But I was seventeen, in my senior year of high school, and the only countdown I cared about was the one to freedom. College. Independence. A world where no one cared if I sat with my ankles crossed or if I showed up to brunch in ripp