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"Hoas your weekend?" I ask

"Good I thought about sos" Fros areto like what follows

"Like what?"

"Like … maybe we should slon a little Take a ti But then I ask, "Why?"

"Because I need to"

"Why?"

"Because… I feel… I feel like I don’t knohat I feel I really like you, but I’m not sure what that means I don’t knohat you want froive it to you I went hos I was talking toit all out loud I realized that I’ve gotten ht not be ready for Ito hurt me, but at the same time I don’t want to throw ela, and Jen pointed that out tofro out," I say

He smiles a little at that "Maybe But I need to sort this out And I can’t be with you while I’ue In the back of : There are so many other reasons for you to break it off with me Why this one?

He raises the camera back to his eye

"Don’t take ain

"Do you want to do so this afternoon?"

He shakes his head "How about Thursday?" he offers

"Thursday," I repeat Is there so out on Thursday okay, but not this afternoon?

I don’t want to, but I sort of understand where he’s co I want him to be careful with me, too And sometimes careful feels like it has to be slow Especially if you’ve been with someone fast and careless before

He looks so nervous He does still likehi down a little

"How about Tuesday?" I say

"Wednesday" His seriousness is cracking

"Tuesday and a half"

"Tuesday and three-quarters"

Because I can’t think of what’s between a half and three-quarters quickly enough, I agree to seeing him on Tuesday and three-quarters

"I just need to think," he says