Chapter Seven: After'After' doesn't come a week later, or a month. Or even a year, really.
A year later sees them even more intertwined, even closer together.
She didn't move in immediately after he asked the first time. She took some time to get to know him first, make sure that they're a good fit together and he won't get sick of her.
He lets her have her freedom, keep her job and go to classes, but he's also paying for her tuition so she can stop being so dependent on her student loans.
She keeps all the money in the bank and doesn't spend any of it, still wary of the day he would grow sick of her and drop her off the streets with nothing but the shirt on her back. She has enough money for a new apartment, a backup plain that lets her sleep better at night. The more time she spends
