I whipped my head to the door at the sound of a knock.
"Hey," he said softly.
"Can I come in?"
Despite myself, I found myself managing to give a small smile in the face of his friendly one.
"Yeah, sure."
He came to sit beside me on the floor, neither of us saying anything. It was like that for a long time; just us two sitting on the floor; our shoulders brushing lightly as we let the silence envelope us. But it wasn't that kind of silence you'd feel the need to break. It was a different kind – a kind that was oddly comforting.
"You might have noticed that I'm not exactly my dad's biggest fan."
A look of surprise flashed through his features; I figured he wasn't expecting me to say anything. But his surprise was soon replaced with a somewhat thoughtful look.
He nodded s
