Her stomach is empty and she's cold. The sun won't be up for another hour, but everyone at 14 Westbrook Road is awake. They are zipping up their suitcases and closing up the house before their vacation.
She feels an anxious excitement about being up so early and not knowing much about where she is going. They pack breakfast for the drive to the airport and she cannot wait to eat her muffin and fall asleep in the warm car. They load the suitcases in the trunk and her and Lauren bicker over who will get to rest their head in the middle seat. Her mother reminds them, "no fighting on vacation" and they settle. Her father always drives.
She is cold, tired, nervous, hungry, and excited - a very specific feeling she will have many times throughout her life. She will cherish these new, yet familiar moments.
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