Page 278 of Safe With You

I sat beside him.

“You want me to change my answer?”

“Nope.”

He turned on the television before handing me the remote.

“You pick.”

“That seems risky.”

“I trust you.”

“You shouldn’t.”

“I’m learning.”

I turned my head slowly.

He smiled.

“You stole that.”

“I adapted it.”

“That’s my line.”

“Not anymore.”

I shook my head and started scrolling through the options.

I made it through maybe four before lowering the remote.

“You really think I’m not learning?”

Ellis looked at me.

“I didn’t say that.”

“You said you thought I was learning.”

“I do.”

“But?”

He leaned back against the couch, one arm stretching across the cushions behind me.

“I think sometimes you forget.”

I looked down at the remote in my hand.

Maybe because he was right.

Maybe because I already knew he was.

“It’s easier to remember when nothing’s happening.”

“What do you mean?”