Nolan:
Natalia and I sat in front of the fireplace, neither one of us saying a word. We simply enjoyed one another’s company in silence.
And though I didn’t say it, I found myself embracing that silence, enjoying it, knowing well enough that it was not everlasting.
“Thank you,” she said quietly, turning toward me. “For the night. I didn’t expect to… enjoy it as much as I did. But I am happy that it happened.”
I almost smiled. “You sound surprised.”
She tilted her head, the corner of her mouth curving. “Shouldn’t I be? With everything that the two of us seem to go around, it would be hard to think that we can find a moment of peace like this one. I didn’t even think that we would be spending the night here.”
“We can always go back if you want to.” I said, though somewhere inside me,
