Week 2
“Hey Bastian. It didn’t work and now I have to wait at least another week for them to figure out what went wrong.”
I lean onto the pod and look at his pretty sleeping face.
“The pH was too acidic and it would have killed you as soon as I’d injected it. Now we’re back to the drawing board and with one of their labs destroyed, it’s going to take them even longer to come up with a solution.”
I draw a finger over the glass as if to remove the stray lock of hair from his face. It’s still irritating me.
“Why couldn’t you brush your hair before you went to sleep?” I ask him sternly. “Now I have to fight the temptation to open your pod whenever I look at you.” I smile. “And I like looking at you. I like looking at you all. The more I look at you, the more it feels like I know you. By t
