Ash is asleep on Ryan. No, both of them are asleep on my L-shaped couch. After dinner, wewatched a movie together. The only kind of movie Ash enjoys—'Superman.'

I had not quite noticed that they had fallen asleep until I was nearly toward the end of the movie.

Sighing, I shuffle to my feet. It is a couple of minutes past twelve. How did I not notice the time pass by so quickly? I can't send Ryan back home at this hour.

I nibble on my lower lip nervously as I approach ...