Zoo

There was a knock on the door. Since I was lounging on the couch with my true appearance exposed, Rebecca went to answer it.

"Who is it?" She called out.

"It's me," Jacob answered. Rebecca let him in.

"So how did it go?" Jacob asked. Rebecca shook her head.

"They said to try again later," I said dejectedly. Jacob sighed.

"I guess we're going to have to be patient. They're supposed to make it a little difficult, to test your sincerity, but still, I couldn't help but hope that we could get this over with already."

"Me too," I said dejectedly.

Jacob sat down on the couch, in the spot that was previously occupied by Rebecca. I wished he would hold me, but this time I wasn't under the influence of a storm of emotions that could serve as an excuse for inappropriate behavior. Rebecca served him a bowl of half-melted ice cream, and he looked at it with interest.