There are days when Rosie doesn't know how well all of this is working, whether her hesitancy and need to be careful, to be sure about each step they take, isn't just a symptom of some larger incompatibility. That without Nick, she and Sabrina are too misshapen to fit together no matter how hard they try or how much they want it to be otherwise. The doubt of it fills her head, sometimes, hard and painful and difficult to ignore.

But the days like today, when things are easy and sweet and like some magic created just for the two of them, are starting to add up, too. The longer they try, doing this together, the less daunting all those doubtful days start to seem.

"I know that," Rosie says, turning a little on the bench to take in Sabrina's serene and solemn face. "And I want...I want to make sure you're happy, too. I want to make sure we're all happy, even if that happiness is a little different now." Looking down, she moves her free hand a little closer to Sabrina, hesitating a moment before she brushes her fingers lightly along the back of Sabrina's hand. "We get to have that, on our own terms."