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And I have souessing he’s just woken up And I’ht have seen ? he asks now

Just so for a good ten , Sure

Awesome, I reply

I have to be careful here

Annapolis, I keep thinking as I drive

But I take a different turn

It’s as I’ up the front steps that I realize how ridiculous I ood idea when it was just an idea As an actual thing that I a, it’s on the sillier side of sane

There aren’t ca outside No reporters No one to notice the girl with the bag over her shoulder as she heads to the front door

I just need to know It will only take a minute I’m sure of it

He has to be the one to answer the door It’s a Saturday, so anyone could be ho in my head

Then the door opens and it’s him

Sanition in his eyes

"Can I help you?" he asks

I give hiirl you danced with

I a for s, did he? He’s looking at me like he’s never seentoward the bag on my shoulder "Can I interest you in any?"

"Who is it?" a voice behind Nathan asks His mother--it has to be his mother--shuffles into the frame, suspicious

"Girl Scout cookies," I say "I have Thin Mints, Sas"

"Aren’t you old to be a Girl Scout?" Mrs Daldry asks

"It’s for her sister," Nathan mumbles

Don’t you know me? I want to ask

But when he says no, ill I say next? How can I begin to explain?