I thought the next day was going to be really awkward around Sara, but it turned out I was wrong. While my parents were getting ready for work, Sara and I ate breakfast together; she was in the sweetest mood she'd been in for a while. We talked and laughed and last night's event wasn't mentioned except by little grins at each other. We both left for the day, me to my classes and her to her school and that evening we were both in a good mood and spent some time watching a movie in the den together.

Later that Wednesday, I was feeling that familiar urge. Again I...