and…you…” She looked down, then back over at him. “And you…still like me.”
He nodded, his face serious. “You know I do.” They walked on for a moment, and then he added, “More than anyone I’ve ever known.” More silence. Then: “Because you see me, too. And you still like me.”
She nodded. “But what I’m trying to say is that…because of you…I’m not as afraid of being seen by anybody else.”
He gave her a one-armed hug then, and kissed her. Then he asked, “So…you gonna be okay with a bunch of girls, you think?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. I guess so. I don’t even know who else is coming. But I guess it’ll be okay. At least two of them are friends, so I’ll have people to talk to.”
“You gonna tell them about us? I mean, you know they’re gonna spend a lot of time talking about boyfriends and stuff.”
She snorted, and said, as if speaking
