Seb sighed. “I know. Don’t get me wrong—I’m really happy about it. But at the same time, it… feels strange.”
Ainsley was silent for several moments, then asked in a small voice, “Do you think they’ll be able to accept it?”
Seb didn’t have to ask whom she meant by “they.”
“I don’t know…” he answered, his mood also getting dampened. “Probably not right away.”
Ainsley hesitated. “If… If it’s okay with you… Can we not tell them just yet?”
After thinking about it, Seb let out a heavier sigh. “That’s probably for the best.”
The two fell into a longer silence, which Ainsley eventually broke by huffing.
“Now I really won’t be able to fall asleep.”
“You have to,” Seb replied with a wan smile. “We still have to play catch up tomorrow. Or at least I do.”
“…Were the police very mean to you?”
