i could have kept going forever , but finally , through the kiss , she said , `` i actually really do want my hash browns , '' and so i opened the door and she ducked beneath my arm and we ate dinner at three a.m. we hid in the back amid the giant steel refrigerators , our time interrupted only occasionally by jp coming back to give us the hilarious details of his and keun 's aborted attempts to engage the cheerleaders in conversation .