I realized: I'm happy.
It may just be today.
It may just be forgetting socks, freezing my toes blue in the falling snow.
It may just be the exhilaration of blowing off homework and bedtimes for sleepless late night chats.
It may just be the community of classmates, the solidarity of shared imperfections, of admitting the fear of being alone to strangers-turned-confidants.
It may just be catching up, and realizing anew that true friendship doesn't wane, even when I'm too tired, too lukewarm, to be entertaining.
It may just be witnessing a miracle through near tragedy, standing at a friend's hospital bedside, thanking everyone and everything - the nurses, policemen, and doctors; the heart monitor, bed frame, bleach-white ceiling tiles - that she was alive.
Whatever it may be, I'm better than just okay; I'm happy.
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