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“How about I show you your room?”

“That would be perfect”

“It’s up the spiral staircase” He wiggled his eyebrows, and she laughed

He led her up the stairs to the light blue bedroom with a queen-sized bed and a dresser

“I know it’s a bit barren My brother just cleared out not too long ago”

She shook her head “It’s everything I need”

He pointed to the door on the far side of her rooh that door, and I’”

“Are you going to sleep?” she asked carefully

“It’s nearly ht?” He studied her face On the outside, she see off in her voice

“I do, but there’s no way I can sleep right now”

He was burning thedouble duty betork and the CPI She fixed her brown eyes on hi her down “I tell you whathow about you settle in here, and e watch a show on Netflix and eat popcorn until we grow tired”

She gifted hiood” A shade of her usual self, her eyes didn’t reflect her usual joy Her lackluster response pained him The poor woer to ease her s of popcorn, and opted for Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone They could all use a little good triu over evil

“Oh, a man after my own heart Are you a fellow Potter head?” she asked as she walked in clad in black and white flannel paja button down top

“I am Moment of truth What’s your house?”

“Oh no, I’ onto the sofa beside him, she turned her body toward his “Guess”