It was a lot different from hugging. Hugging’s very different. Hugging that involves arms and hands; and leaning is whole bodies moving in like this. Leaning involves *wanting*… and *accepting*. *Leaning*…
Remember in, like, fifth or sixth grade, I was starting to get really good at poker and going home with lots of lunch money? I got to know the principal’s office really well. He always used to say to me, “How come you can’t be more like your brother Peter?” Well, you know what? I was all right with that. I had no problems with that, because I was proud of you and I was never envious of anything that you had.
Until now. I’ll cut the deck. High card gets Lucy.
All right, we’ll go best out of three.
Well, I don’t have any flowers, I wouldn’t mind seeing the black underwear, but under the circumstances, I don’t think we should move in together.
I’d say that she gets under your skin as soon as you meet her. She drives you so nuts you don’t know whether to hug her or, or just really arm wrestle her. She would go all the way to Europe just to get a stamp in her passport. I don’t know if that amounts to insanity, or just being really, really… likable.
Hey, what do you know about my family? Spending a week with them does *not* make you an expert!
Yeah, well, I know that keeping your family happy gets complicated. Would your father be happy knowing you’re sitting in a token booth, planning vacations that you aren’t taking?
