the wind pulled at her cheeks and the cold burned her skin . and she 'd be stronger as well . `` and has been for the last five years . `` would you have wanted to wake up after all that time and realize how many years had passed , that even though mentally you are a thirteen year old girl , physically you are twenty-eight , and the world expects you to act like it ? '' i cross my ankles under the blankets and tuck my hands behind my head . 