you change all the lead

In terms of beginnings, middles, and ends, Sydney figures this must be the middle- where they are right now, tangled up together on his couch, lazily watching Lakefront Bargain Hunt. She’s reclined against the back of the couch, feet on the coffee table next to their half-eaten takeout. Carmy lays with his head in her lap as she plays with his curls and complains about which lake house Deb and Mark from Michigan bought.____“Do you want kids?”The question slips out without her permission, spoken with the same candor she’d used to ask him if he wanted a dog.