I fell asleep on the second leg of our journey as it got dark quicker than anticipated, a sign a storm was moving in fast, and the rain was the first of it. Somehow the lull and motion of the car, the long straight roads, and the soft music on the stereo made me pass out stone cold for over an hour. The safety and peacefulness of us locked together n that relaxing space.

I wake up stretching out like a cat, momentarily disorientated, and manage to push Arrick in the shoulder with my ...