it was also surrounded by tall colorado hills which were surrounded by taller colorado mountains , neither of which i had seen except in pictures before that day and both of which i instantly loved . hes only seventeen and one gigantic pain in the ass , to put it kindly . shes been acting so strange , i just you forgot who she was for a moment . `` that 's okay , '' he kissed my forehead . she looked down , not wanting her mother to see , and noticed a small book in her hands . 