even though dates are n't really my thing , i think i can make an exception for a girl who rescues varmints , '' -right on cue , a snarl sounded beneath the picnic bench- '' one who reads quantum physics at the beach , '' -i could have corrected him that i was brushing up on biology , not quantum physics since i was taking ap biology in the fall , but i do n't think he would have cared , or known the difference- '' and one who adheres to the european way , not to mention my favorite way , of suntanning by going topless . ''