11
Jennifer
Graduation was bright and early the next morning.
I’d barely slept. My brain wouldn’t shut off, no matter how hard I’d tried. Not when I could hear the shower running from the bathroom and picture the water running over his naked body. Not when he lay inches away from me. Not when we were in bed together.
I’d eventually gotten up at three in the morning to pop a sleeping pill that I reserved for emergencies. But I’d taken it too late and woken up groggy. My brain was cocooned in a cloud, and every movement felt like I was dragging.
“We could get you a coffee,” Julian offered with a smile.
He hadn’t seemed to have any trouble sleeping and was his same chipper self the next morning.
I made a face. “I don’t like it.”
“But you need it. There’s a difference.”
“It tastes lik
