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The blue light of the TV shifted in the darkness. I observed the changing shadows, the outline of a man in a dark driveway watching me from the screen. I glanced down the hall at my bedroom door, telling myself I should go to sleep. But my shallow breaths and the vibrating air told me that wouldn’t be possible.

I placed my feet on the ground and stood, turning the TV off. I shook my head at myself as I put on my coat and grabbed my keys and my phone. My shoes were already on. I didn’t know where I was going at this ungodly hour. I just needed to go somewhere.

The sounds of the room cover me once more like a child’s security blanket. My eyes lose focus. I let go of the tension in my muscles, letting it drip down my skin like sweat, puddling below me, then getting washed away by a wave of drunken laughter. My mind floats over the water and I lose all sense of time. I only move to bring my glass to my lips and set it down again.