Chapter 48 "Leave This World Behind"

• When I woke up the next morning I was alone again. I sat up and pulled Christiano’s shirt around mny body. I had wanted to do so last night but after I was already laying down it seemed like it would be weird. I had hardly gotten any sleep. My power nap had hardly helped that effort either. As I lay there in the darkness of the room I could focus on nothing but the way his chest rose and fell.
• I kept my hands on his chest and felt his heart beating beneath my hand.
• I closed my eyes and matched my breathing to his, knowing that this would be the closest to a real connection we would ever get. How damn pathetic was I?