It's gonna be fine

 Lewis went for the Assistant job at Circulation in the library. He still dreamt his old boss wanted him back, but that didn't happen either.

Moving in with Monica did happen. There was a fuss about it. Randy said, NO WAY Lewis is living free at the apartment. Yeah, that might have been why he moved in with Monica. He didn't think so. He cringed at the thought.

But she stood her ground. "Just give him three months, will you?" She reminded Randy that Lewis was with her now. He wasn't in a roommate room. "It'll be fine."

Randy was bitter about having Lewis here.

"Yeah, the next thing we know, you'll be pregnant." He scowled back.

Monica was in a huff. Lewis thought he might faint at the thought. After all, this was her room. He didn't think it could be their room. All he had brought with him was his minimalist closet of work clothes and his laptop. And of course, the TV. They really needed their own TV. 

"Uh, well, are you on anything?" Lewis finally got up the nerve to ask after Monica settled down. She couldn't imagine Randy ever saying anything like that to her; she was so angry with him. Lewis thought he might be the third wheel, but then again, maybe they did have a brother-sister relationship like she said.

"On anything? What are you talking about?" She looked back at him after crying into her bedroom pillow while he sat at the edge of her memory foam bed.

"Nothing." They weren't exactly doing anything other than making out on occasion.

"No, what do you mean?" She squinted.

"You know." He looked at her blankly. He didn't want to spell it out to her. Besides, with all his antidepressants, he wasn't as frisky as he used to be. But then again, Lori (his ex, who sometimes liked to change her name. They was one of her pronouns) was one who led the way, and he pretty much played the relationship game the way she wanted. 

It was a fresh start with Monica, and it was good to be two turtles in their shells. He wasn't in any hurry. Besides, he had a new job. Lewis wanted to keep his mind on that. Everything else would fall into place. Live and learn was his motto.

Lori was a crazy Goth Girl. She could be so passionate, but then she broke things too. She did like to hit him for the most unlikely things. In the end, he knew he was better off without her. She was with her family in Florida now. He'd heard she met someone in the Air Force and was moving to Japan.

"We'll be fine." He held her hand. She smiled back as if he was the best. This was what they needed, a little place to call their own. At least temporarily.