I bet you can't eat ten bananas!" "I bet you're right.

And the rest is history,' I said. Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.

I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.

Some people, they can't just move on, you know, mourn and cry and be done with it. Or at least seem to be. But for me... I don't know. I didn't want to fix it, to forget. It wasn't something that was broken. It's just...something that happened. And like that hole, I'm just finding ways, every day, of working around it. Respecting and remembering and getting on at the same time.

So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.

It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don't think or plan. You just do it.

Two a.m.' He swallowed, then said, "You know. The person you can call at two a.m. and, no matter what, you can count on them. Even if they're asleep or it's cold or you need to be bailed out of jail...they'll come for you. It's like, the highest level of friendship.