That night, me and Trexis walked to our room, he held open the door for me and grinned like a schoolboy in a candy store. I gave him a quick peck on the cheek as I went past. We had to be up early tomorrow, Trexis had told me a little about why they had taken Kendall but not explained everything. He asked me to come to a Leaders Meeting the next morning to be a part of the conversation. It made me so happy that he wanted to include me in those meetings, and he was trying to be more honest with me. I swore I would do the same with him. We were both exhausted, but even so, it felt so exciting and grown up to be sharing a room with him. We took turns using the bathroom. He went first and hearing him in the shower, imagining him naked under the hot water was making my skin tingle. I decide

