Gemotions

Her phone pinged during a particularly tense scene in a movie. Mr. Garcia, her Spanish teacher, had liked her latest Instagram post. It was a picture of her at a concert, captioned with a very candid, and somewhat embarrassing, observation about the opening band. She felt like she'd been caught doing something wrong.

She paused the movie, the silence suddenly deafening. Her palms felt clammy. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her racing heart. She wanted to look at her phone, but she found herself resisting the urge. She needed to think. She needed to understand. She was completely unsettled.