Chapter 20The next few days passed easily between them, with lots of cake (when Nick finally got around to making his own), lots of swimming, and lots of movies from the eighties. When they exhausted what Nick’s parents had on DVD, Nick went digging around in the basement. He surprised himself when he managed to find his parents’ old VHS collection and a functional VCR. In between Adventures in Babysitting and Youngblood, the two of them completely forgot about the outside world—except for Felix. But after a week together, even the dog had succumbed to their distinct sleeping and eating schedules—they’d often stay in bed until noon, stay up until two A.M., and hang around the pool all afternoon, while watching movies over popcorn at night. When the movies weren’t enough to fuel their nosta
