ROSIE
Xylus is the best. Tell me-why else would I sleep on the couch and wake up in bed?
Yesterday was refreshing-I mean, tears, a brotherly hug, and an early bedtime. But my alarm reminds me there's more to life than sobs and sniffles.
Half-awake, half-asleep, I rub the crust from my dried eyes and complete my morning routine like a zombie. Remind me again why I have to wake up? I ask myself, and that tiny voice in my head answers right back-because you finally got your dream internship you were literally dying for?
Yeah, right.
I head downstairs, my nose immediately picks up the spicy aroma of bacon and eggs, my stomach churning right on time to remind me of the single doughnut I had yesterday.
True to it, Xylus has his back to me, hands moving over the gas stove. He has on another
