As she spoke she broke him from his daydream. Alex smiled, he was lucky. There were plenty of students who were here precisely because there parents didn’t want them around. “I guess I am” he pondered it for a moment more “yes very lucky”. He felt sorry for Nickie when she said real home, he tried to imagine her life before coming here but didn’t do very well.<br/><br/>He lent down and kissed her head one last time “stay with me tonight”. He moved a pillow and laid his head down on it, pulling the covers all the way over her.<br/>