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Your door opens slightly.. You feel a rush of panic, but you figure that it's your dog entering your room. She loves to curl up next to you after all.

Then you hear rustling from downstairs... You feel a rush of panic, but you figure it's just your mother.
"Late night cleaning, eh, mom?" What a spaz... She always does this.

You hear banging from the room next to you... You feel a rush of panic, but you figure it's just your sister. "Heh, probably arranging her dumb shoe collection again." You think to yourself. She always does this...

You hear someone walking up the stairs...you feel a rush of panic, but you figure it's just your brother coming home from work. You're so proud of him, he was in the gutter for a while,but now he's ranking in the cash at his new job.

You smack yourself on the head. "Why am I so paranoid? I mean c'mon. You always do this. You freak out when you hear the slightest noise. Pathetic... You're a big person now, man u—"

Your train of thought stops. You stare into space. You have a horrible expression on your face. Your eyes water and sting. Your stomach sinks. You feel like screaming. You feel like crying.

You feel a rush of panic... That right... You're not a child anymore... You're a big person... You moved out of your mother's house years ago...

"That's right..."

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