I made it into bed, staring at the ceiling. No matter how I felt, she was probably still just curious. Letting my imagination run away with things that weren't going to happen, there lay the path to madness. But I'm just human. I rolled over and pulled the sheet around me, and for a moment Aly was there next to me. The look on her face was one of love and happiness. My eyes burned with tears, it was how I'd always imagined my partner would look at me. I wanted that look. I wanted it so badly I'd seen it with Gillian when it wasn't really there.

I closed...