“Just like that. From a hundred miles an hour to asleep in a
nanosecond. I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to
wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not
even have sex. Just sleep together, in the most innocent sense of the
phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was
gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was
endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on
the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and
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