"You know, in some ways, it really wasn't all bad," I said. Tyler looked at me warily. "I mean, that back rub was pretty nice."

"You always did like those," he said.

"Mm-hm. And really, like, everything else wasn't a big deal, right?"

"Could have been a lot worse," he agreed. "Does this mean you're not mad at me?"

"Something like that. Less mad anyway." I approached him and sat down cross-legged on a corner of the bed that wasn't too close to where he lay. "Mostly I'm bored."

"Ah, of course."

"Seriously, you wanna just forget about it? Pretend it never happened?"

"Yeah maybe that's best." He sat up...