There's closeness, more of it than usual, and that's unusual. I was pretty tired today, a little headachey, and the World History classroom had the temperature raised, so that called me to sleep. I didn't. I can't sleep with that many people around. But I sat daringly close to Ariane then, hunched forward, her sitting up straighter, closer to me. "I'm tired," I complained. "Go to sleep," she ordered. It was a little dismissive. I recognized the phrase as the exact words I tell her in my dreamed... read more
