he steps out of his converse shoes and reaches down and takes his socks off individually . `` they 're on the other side of the gray . i could feel my face getting hot again . each told me things that were hard for them to talk about , much less describe in such detail so that i completely understood . `` just tell me what you want . he pinned the intruder at the top of the stairs and breathed a sigh of relief . `` nothing , '' i said and reached to grab it . 