ANNA
I slowly woke up, feeling like there was something wrong. Something missing.
I had gotten used to waking up cocooned in the warmth of Alanzo’s body. I could feel a weight on my stomach, and I opened my eyes to find an arm lying there, over the blanket, with still a sleeve on it, and his gold watch that he was wearing the night before.
When I turned to look at the owner, it was to see a sleeping Lanz, still in the shirt he had worn to the party, unshaved so a thin stubble was shadowing his strong jaws. I looked down and he still had the pants he had on last night, and his shoes.
He wasn’t even under the blankets.
Had he fallen asleep watching over me?
“Oh, Lanz…” I whispered. He must have been so worried.
I freed my hands from the blanket so I could hold his shoulder to shake
