Comic-Con – Day One
Leah told me Rina was in town, and so were Camilla and Brian. All three had been hired by Konami for their booth, so their event had started a few days earlier. Leah and I went down to the Javits…
Story Bad Decisions
Comic-Con – Day Two
I woke up at the sound of the front door closing. Looked at my watch. A few minutes past six. Hellishly early. Sunlight crept in under the bedroom door. Enough to see the room. Leah facedown, snoring softly as she…
Comic-Con – Day Three
I woke when Leah got up. She left the door slightly open, and the morning light hit my face. I looked around the room and saw Dan sleeping on the other side. I ran the scene from last night through…
New House, New Lin
The room was on the Upper East Side, about a fifteen-minute walk from Hunter. That was the important part. If I lived here, I could actually go to campus every day. No excuses about the train. No deciding that forty…
It Isn’t Cheating
I woke the next morning to a knock on my door. I always slept naked, so I made sure the sheets had me covered before I called out, “Who’s there?” The door opened and Ethan came in. “Oh, you’re not…
Terms and Conditions
I woke up on Saturday with butterflies in my stomach. I was going on a coffee date with Ethan. It was a very particular type of date, but a coffee date nonetheless. I got dressed and headed into the kitchen…
The Offer
Leah came into the bedroom looking worried. Not Leah worried, where she’d already solved the problem and was informing me what I needed to do about it. Actually worried. “Can you get dressed?” I was in bed, scrolling on my…
Moving In / Clearing Out
I woke to an empty bed, but I could hear the shower running. When I wandered out to brush my teeth, breakfast was already on the table. Nice. The bathroom was so full of steam it felt more like a…
The Spa – Day One
I woke up in my old bed with Leah beside me and realized you can’t sleep in the same bed twice. My neck hurt. I felt stiff. I used to be very comfortable in this bed. I rolled out of…
The Spa – Day Two
I woke up to birds chirping. It was early, but I had to pee, so I got up. A little light was seeping around the curtains, and I wondered what birds were making all that noise. I peeked outside. The…