We had to run. Sometimes he has to say it for himself as much for her. But for the most part, they have fun. They make the most of it -- pretend like it's a romantic runaway trip and not something they're doing just to stay alive.

It works, mostly.

He's pretty sure they're in Mississippi by now. Sometimes it's hard to keep track -- and sometimes it's just simply easier not to. But it is the closest they've been to home in a long, long time. He gets under the covers with her, wrapping an arm around her tightly as he does so.

"There are. Kinda makes me wish I had ever bothered learning constellations."

But Tyler was always too busy doing other things as a kid -- learning had never been very high on his list of priorities.