A Life Debt Repaid

Sam lay in bed, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

He somehow dozed off earlier as he merely stayed there, but now that he was in bed, he was wide awake.

He waited for Quinn, but she was not coming even after a long while.

As such, he quietly got out of bed and peeked through the door slit to find her still watching TV with a serious look.

He tiptoed back to bed, inwardly relieved.

He was not impatient—he was just worried Quinn would not return to his room.

Still, he tiptoed back and forth for a while to peek at Quinn, until he finally saw her turn off the TV.

Startled, he scrambled back to his bed to pretend to sleep.

Quinn returned to her room to wash up before heading into Sam’s room.

quiet seeing that he was asleep, pulling up

him but

nervous as he

her soft, warm body pressing

it was worth staying alive-the world was just so

the following days, Sam and Quinn were both busy, with Sam at work and Quinn helping Lindsay prepare for

have much time to spend together, and Quinn certainly was not as busy as

him much. Occasionally, he would return tiptoeing late into the night, gently

he would be gone by the next morning, which left Quinn feeling

hiding from her, especially since her period was over

him to

muttered at the time. “I need to

did not press the issue since

made the

since she was not the type who could idle. And with Marvin’s birthday banquet ready, she did not have