I awoke a few hours later to find myself alone in bed but I could hear someone in the kitchen. Sam and I had managed a shower with lots of stray hands and tongues getting in the way before brushing our teeth with the same toothbrush, putting on shorts—he borrowed a pair of mine—and cuddling back under the covers. I looked at the clock on the bedside table and saw it was a little past midnight.
I got up and padded to the kitchen to find that Sam had raided my freezer. I’d bought black cherry frozen yogurt this last grocery run, and he’d found it. I walked to the cabinet to get a bowl and spoon for myself.
“Couldn’t sleep?” I asked as I sat across from him and shared some out for myself.
He shrugged. “I’m used to getting up in the middle of the night for an hour or two before going back t
