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A light in aabove ainst the block wall as if being sht

A moment later he’s back "Yeah," he says "Be there in a ain, and no ti what ti to round

The phone goes dead I keep it to my ear for a few seconds, and then lower it and put it in in to float down, or maybe they were there for a while and I just noticed theo

A few es frouy I’ve loved since first grade, comes over to me

I stand up Look up at his estures to the far street, whose naet to the sidewalk along the road, he just puts his hands on my shoulders and looks intohis head "What are you doing?" He gives rin that almost kills me

I s hard Glad he’s not mad "I had to coned to listen "All right, then Go"

I look down at the sidewalk "So to happen here," I say, as painfully aware of his hands onme, and for the millionth ti to happen now Valentine’s night, 7:04 p blindly at his slipper shoes "I know you don’t believe me, and it’s okay with me if the whole school thinks I’m insane I just need to ask you to please be careful, and if there’s any way you can not be in the building or in this back parking lot at 7:04 pht, just even, you know, step outside the front door for a few minutesplease" I bite her, into frantic mode I can’t look him in the eye

I hear hiht in his hands on my shoulders He rests his chin on my bowed head for a moment and pulls me closer, into him And then he moves his face next toit’s been since he smelled like a boy

My eyes close, but all I can do is stand there nu this response, and I don’t knohat to do withstiffly at my sides I want to wrap my arms around hiether, bodies nearer than they’ve ever been before, I wonder howhim

Twenty-Nine

The saddest part, the part that makes the tears rush out of the corners of , is that he thinks listening tome is too much