I awoke at what felt like the middle of the night as the need to pee overtook me. How would I pee underwater? Was there a bathroom I could use? Delmare was entangled around me, his arms wrapped protectively across my body as he nestled closer to me in his sleep.

“Delmare.” I said, slightly above a whisper as I shook his shoulder, “Delmare, wake up.”

He mumbled in his sleep, his voice sleepy while he sat up, “What, what’s wrong?”

“I have to...