Chapter 36: Still Learning Her

After scrolling for almost three minutes, we settled on some random action movie Nicole picked without much thought. She seemed more interested in getting something on the screen than actually finding the perfect movie, but it turned out to be surprisingly solid.

About an hour into it, I glanced over at Nicole and realized she had fallen asleep against my shoulder.

I looked at her for a moment, then lowered the volume on the TV.

She was completely out, breathing slowly with her eyes closed. The medicine was probably finally doing its job.

I carefully shifted myself beneath her and eased her down until she was lying more comfortably along the couch, then adjusted her head onto my lap.

She didn't even stir.

I smiled to myself and turned my attention back to the movie, resting one hand loosely against the edge of the couch as I watched.

When the movie finally ended, I looked down at her again. She was still sound asleep.