Daisy hopped into Alex's lap as they watched TV and he petted her absentmindedly as he focused on the screen. Claire suppressed a smile at the sight.
She had never imagined anyone else would be here watching TV with her in their pajamas while casually petting her cat. Let alone someone as…unique…as him. It was kind of nice, to be perfectly honest.
Alex was confusing and sometimes frightening but he was becoming better company every day as he learned more about how to act around others. Having him around wasn't as bad as it was before.
Claire used to secretly wish for this kind of casual hanging out between friends. But she had never expected it to happen the way it had.
This whole experience had been the most stressful thing she had ever gone through—including adjusting to life as an emancipated teenager after losing her mom—but she couldn't completely regret meeting him. She had someone to come home to at the end of the day for the first time in six years.
