The Weight of Reality

AUDREY'S POV

It had already been thirty minutes since I opened my eyes, yet I still lay there motionless, staring up at the ceiling like it could somehow give me the strength I lacked. It wasn’t laziness that kept me in bed — it was the heaviness pressing down on my chest, the silent battle raging inside my mind. Today wasn’t just any ordinary day. Today was Friday, the day everything felt so real