Mathias

Mathias nods, showing he understands and he reaches across the table for her hand again. "Let me know if Sam decides I am an appropriate roommate," he says, smiling again. "Tell her that I promise not to play loud music after eleven and that I almost always pick up after myself. But if she agrees, she has to do the dishes."

He closes the book in front of him and leans his elbows on the cover, letting it go for now. He isn't going to push anything, not a huge step, not when there is a child involved. "Where is Sam now?"