The sound of the door opening wakes me and I sit up to see Zack fidgeting in the doorway.
"Zack? Zack what-? Are you okay?" I don't know what to ask him. What's happening?
A burst of uneven deep breaths startle me and I start to get out of my bed before I hear him shuffling towards me.
He crawls across the bottom of my bed and lies beside me. I search his face as if I'll find the last chapter of his story written there.
"I just really love you." Zack says through his uneven breaths and I decide that for whatever reason he's here, it can wait until tomorrow or perhaps I'd just prefer to hold him than to talk.
I smooth my hands under his arms and around his waist and pull him closer. He puts his head on my chest and I twirl his hair with my fingers.
We fall asleep wordlessly.
