"To the bathroom," Ray answered, tripping over his words, then immediately felt bad again about the lie. But he didn't want to leave, not yet. He was magnetised. "You wanna...come with?"

To the bathroom. Dio mio, that would not impress Asher. But he couldn't tell him he'd been on his way to see Dr. Cooper to investigate him, could he? He couldn't risk losing what felt like the best thing that had ever happened to him in his entire life. Not so fast.