it was obvious hed expected them to . `` should n't i be the one nervous for dinner with your parents tonight ? '' she needed quiet , a moment to soak in all that had occurred today . skate is the beginning of this story . it was more volume than my hair had ever seen , and took me the entire car ride to get used to it . he crawled to the other side of the platform as the boards crumbled and broke free one-by-one . 