Emma grabbed a throw blanket and joined them, curling herself into Toby’s back, her arm draped over him and onto Drew’s thigh. Drew brought his hand to her head and stroked her hair until she fell asleep.
Drew wasn’t at all surprised when Toby stretched a short while later. Emma was fast asleep, and together they were able to extricate themselves from the bed without disturbing her enough to wake up. They threw on clothes and headed down the stairs. Grabbing two bottles of beer and a half-empty bottle of tequila, he followed Toby to where he’d settled in the Adirondack chairs on the back porch.
His friend accepted the bottle without taking his eyes off the trees, though they were hard to see in the dim light of the moon. Drew set the tequila on the ground by his feet, not sure what was g
