I stayed lost in my thoughts the rest of the drive home. I was so stuck in my own head I barely noticed when her breathing deepened, until we pulled into the circular driveway at my home and looked over to see her eyes closed and her face slack in a peaceful sleep, her neck leaned at an uncomfortable angle.
Something in my heart softened at the serene look on her face— at the beauty she had that seemed to continuously bring me to my knees, as if everything about her was crafted to awe me. The way her thick lashes casted shadows across her fair cheekbones, or her soft, full lips slightly parted as she breathed. The way her silky hair slid across her face. The cloudy afternoon seemed to make her hair seem paler, her skin lighter as she slept.
Peter and Rex got out, and I followed suit, w
