The Reset
"Can I see them? The friends I’ve made? I want to have a dinner and game night. Here. Tonight."
Clayton almost drops his coffee mug. He turns, his eyes wide, looking at me with a mixture of shock and something that looks like pure, unadulterated hope.
"You want to host?" he asks, his voice slightly breathless. "Zia, that’s... you were a natural at that. Everyone always comes here. We’re the 'hub.'"
"Then let’s be the hub," I say, a surge of confidence hitting me.