double take

She steps into a desolate space, the noises all around slowly fade into the background of the silence in her mind. She sees no one she knows and no one she wants to know. Is this the right place? Did she make a wrong turn? Where has everyone gone? She turns around to leave and then realizes there is no where else to go. This is where she is to be, in their presence or not, this is where she needs to be. She resolves to make the most of this misfortune and turns to look at the place again with a different eye, an open-minded eye, and all of sudden, it comes alive!