it would take a long time to repair the damage - if indeed it could ever be repaired . after what i saw at the school , i figured it would be five hundred times worse there . `` you might , '' she muses , then grins at my playful frown . `` i ca n't believe i 'm actually going to my twenty-fifth high school reunion , '' he said . he just turned to the sink and operated the faucet . by the time i got to her room , she was already asleep . '' 