*Calvin* I’ve never been so well rested. Yesterday was rough, but last night… last night was one of the best I’ve ever had. Ada asked to go outside. She relaxed and laughed with me. She let me touch her. Sure, it was in front of a mirror and to help her scars, but she didn’t panic. She liked it. She wanted me to rub her back because it felt good. I wasn’t kidding, either. I’ll happily do it for the rest of my life. Even better than that, she’s not afraid of Mace and let him sleep in her bed. It meant everything to me. I slept so well being close to her, and I can’t describe what it meant to be able to wake up next to her. Mace grabbed my clothes in his mouth, and we shifted back in the bathroom. I snuck out to my bathroom to shower in the coldest water possible. I was

