Empty Upstairs Room: Claire & OPEN
Despite her mood Claire decided that maybe going to the party would lift her mood. End of the world...that just seemed depressingly accurate with what she was feeling. Dressing up in the steampunk outfit didn't help either. Maybe being around people and getting blitzed out of her mind would help.
She was heat by the heat and the sound when she entered. Her eyes glanced around and saw all the costumes and people smiling and laughing and that is when the pain hit her again. This just wasn't fair, why couldn't she just forget everything and be happy and laugh like them. It wasn't fair. She felt a tightening in her stomach and with her head down she moved as quickly as she could through the crowd, trying to find a place where she could be alone...cry it out...again.
There were people everywhere so finding nothing better she made her way upstairs and found an empty room. She sat on the bed drawing her knees up to her chest. Burying her face in them she let her body shake with her sobs.