Hannah squinted to try to make out the numbers on the clock. Amy's alarm clock was on her dresser all the way across the room and not even squinting made the large numbers appear to be anything but a fuzzy red blur. She remembered when she was a little girl that sometimes she would make deals with God about her eye sight. It seems silly now to barter with God over something that a simple pair of glasses can fix but at the time her glasses seemed to be the very worst thing that had ever happened to her. It seemed odd to remember the girl she had been before her dad became sick.

She tiptoed down the hallway wishing that she would have picked up her glasses so that she could read a book or something. The TV was on in the living room and she saw that Bright was sprawled on the couch taking up almost every inch of available space.

"Did I wake you up?" He moved his long legs to the floor giving her a place to sit beside him. His arm was loosely draped across the back of the couch and even though it didn't touch her she could still almost feel it.

She tried to make out what was on the TV and finally gave up leaning against the couch and his arm. "No, couldn't sleep."

"Yeah."His voice was low and quiet.

"I used to wonder how you did it, ya know."

"Did what?"

"Your dad had this illness that I could not even imagine and yet you were making this life for yourself in a totally new place. You are amazing, ya know."

"You're pretty amazing too." She smiled up at him meeting his eyes.

He leaned in slowly bringing his lips to hers; pulling back hesitantly in case she pushed him away. She leaned in as he initiated another kiss, a bit bolder this time, running his fingers through her hair and at the same time pulling her closer. She was pressed against him slowly opening her mouth toward him.

She pulled away looking surprised, trying to recover, unsure of how she was supposed to behave. "I guess I should go to bed." Her voice was shaky as she stood up.

Bright pulled her gently into his lap, kissing her again, trying to say all the things that he couldn't articulate and hoping that she understood.