“Are you playing some weird sex game, Lawson?” “Noooo.” And really, I’m not. I just like teasing her. “Whatever. I gotta go. Bye.” She hangs up, and I laugh because it’s so her. I don’t know how I got into this with her, but all I know is I never want to look back. With Rory, all I want is forward, and quite possibly a future.

