Elowen

The first thing I felt when I woke up this morning was excitement.

Pure, unfiltered excitement.

For the first time in what felt like forever, I actually sprang out of bed without hitting snooze three times or bargaining with God for five extra minutes of sleep. My heart felt strangely light, buzzing with the kind of energy that made it impossible to stay still.

Today was my first day at Belmont Academy.

Belmont.

I smiled. Even thinking the name made something flutter inside my chest.

I had done it. Me.

Elowen Vale.

The girl who spent years juggling school, helping Father, working at Cheesy Crust, and posting random singing...