"Thank you for that. I'm guessing your mom won't like you spending the night with Auntie Stella?"

He shrugged, "So what?"

I blinked, "What do you mean?"

"Mom's mad at me no matter what I do. It is really impossible for me to make her happy. At this point, I'm kinda sick of trying. You make me happy and you're who I care about."

The things you do to me... "Well, then... do you wanna come over tonight?"

"Definitely... But I'm guessing you have some rules for me."

"Rules... Right." I nodded thoughtfully. "Well, we act normal any time we're around family."

"Given. I thought you'd say it was best...