I'm still not sure what made him change his mind about us seeing each other, I suspect one of her brothers might have told him what happened at school, not sure, she never said, but whatever the case may be, I'm forever grateful.

And though she was the only girl I'd gone through that much trouble for and couldn't even hold her hand without her dad shooting daggers at me with his eyes, I didn't mind hanging out on her couch watching TV, whispering silly shit to ...