"I'm here. Always here." She didn't know what else to say, other than to reassure him that she was indeed there for him and always would be. Her fingers wrapped into his hair holding on to it for dear life. After some time she moved back, still holding onto him, almost as if letting go would let him drift away.

"I brought you some books. I wasn't quite sure what you'd like to read so I got an assortment of stuff." Rose dragged the bag over closer with one hand and opened it before pulling out a stack of paperbacks. "They were on the quarter shelf so I don't know how good any of them are." The books ranged from young adult to classic literature to some thrillers. There was a box set of books with a girl who had purple spiked hair pictured on the front.