I spent the night in Zane’s apartment, sleeping in his arms, against his chest. And slept the best I’d ever had. When Roman took me back to campus in the morning, Lia was already off to her lectures. I made myself go to all my classes for the rest of the day and tried hard not to think of the place between my legs that was still pulsating. When I returned to the dorm, Lia was there waiting on her bed with a campus store bag. She pointed to it and said "girls night, no arguments" and started unpacking it before I'd even responded. Face masks, two kinds. A big bag of the sweet and salty popcorn. A charcoal mask she'd bought specifically for me because I’d mentioned once that I’d really liked them. I looked at it and felt something move through me that was warm and also slightly aching a

