Elijah
I woke up slowly and stretched. My left arm was kind of numb, but the rest of me felt warm and comfortable. I turned my head slightly and found Mayah, her cheek pillowed on my bicep, watching me with a warm, sleepy expression.
I could get used to this, I thought.
Correction, I was used to it already. It was exactly like I had returned to something familiar, something I’d been missing the whole time, but hadn’t realized it. I lifted my hand and smoothed back her hair, and then touched her cheek. Her lips curved into a smile and for a second it was like there were only two of us in the world.
It was soon interrupted when Brendan’s feet came off the top bunk. “Ah man, I gotta pee…” And that started the whole camper stirring into wakefulness.
Anthony sat up with a groan and scratch
