The following morning, Nick woke me up by squeezing my shoulder. I was usually not a morning person, but when I noticed I woke up in Nick's arms for the first time, I was wide awake. My body was glued to his, and my head rested on his shoulder. I looked up at him and beamed. He kissed me good morning, and I smiled.
I didn't have to scoot away from him when he slept calmly like I used to do a year ago. I slept the whole night with his body against mine! The thought of it made me bubble with joy, and I leaned up to kiss him again.
"As much as I want to stay like this forever, we have things to do," Nick said grimly, and I racked my brain for whatever that could be. It was probably something about the information Nick got last night.
"You need to get ready for college, and I need to do
