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"Henry, tell me which parts were true"

"All of it Especially this part where I’ white as he held tighter to the ar through the as just right, afternoon co the horizon of her , yellow light spilling in She saw Henry clearly, noticed a chicken pox scar on his forehead, read in the turn down of his upper lip how he must have looked as a pouty little boy and in the faint lines tracing away from the corners of his eyes the old ination expanded She had seen her life like an intricate puzzle, all the boyfriends like do the next one and the next, an endless succession of falling down Butso otten to allow for the possibility of a last one, one that ht hand off the armrest, placed it on the back of her neck and held it there She lifted the ar was between them and held his face with her other hand It was a fine face, a jaw that fit in her pal back that he’d shaved that h his expression couldn’t shake off the terror, which h

"How can you be so cavalier?" he asked "Tens of thousands of pounds expected to just float in the air?"

She kissed him, and he tasted so yummy, not like food or mouthwash or chapstick, but like a

"I knew I really liked you," he said against her lips

His fingers pulled her closer, his other hand reached for her waist His kisses becauessed that he hadn’t been kissed, not for real, for a long time Neither had she, as a matter of fact Maybe this was the very first ti out she’d played at with Martin Kissing Henry was ht hours conversing in the dark, Jane would realize that Henry kissed the way he talked--his entire attention taut, focused, intensely hers His touch was a conversation, telling her again and again that only she in the whole world really mattered His lips only drifted from hers to touch her face, her hands, her neck

And when he spoke, he called her Jane

Her stoher into the sky, and they kissed recklessly for hundreds of

Henry

We ht home Over the Atlantic, we decided to fall in love When the plane touched down at JFK, he hadn’t changed his mind When he carried me over the threshold of my apartment, no Mrs Wattlesbrook lurked in the shadows While he was in the kitchen, I picked Pride and Prejudice out ofhouseplant and tucked it into a harmless spot beside all the other DVDs, spine out and proud

We’re going to order in tonight