her lips are everywhere at once . `` but you still did it , '' he said , his tone filled with hurt . `` i have a week and a half of knowing it , hop , '' i answered . reaction was setting in and her knees were shaking so badly that she had to lean against the wall . when the silence stretched on and on and on , i finally opened my eyes . for them , it was a simple matter of walking across federal plaza to the southern district federal court . 