I'd gone back to the room after that. My roommates were doing Habitat for Humanity, so I had nothing but time to think. But I spent the whole time with my mind just reeling. The entire day passed and it felt like I didn't have a concrete thought all day.

Adrienne came back first.

"Hey," she said and she looked a little shy. I think she'd come down from her little horn-dog high, "Where's your brother."

"Home," I said.

"Cool," she said and then she came over and sat next to me.

"Yeah," I said. I was so nervous.

"So I had a weird dream last night," she said, turning...