Written today...
Aaron woke to an insistent tapping on his arm and a small voice saying, "Can we watch another one? Can we?"
Startled, he glanced at the clock: 4:40. Holly would be there within a couple hours. "I think we can do that," he said. "Until your mom gets here."
He felt a little guilty for falling asleep on the job, but as he was changing the movies, Nick surprised him -- and nearly knocked him over -- by throwing himself at Aaron and squeezing him tight. It was what Holly called his "aggressive form of love" and it touched Aaron in a way that he wasn't ready to analyze...
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