last week , she brought him a sack of peaches from her tree . '' gather up your belongings and bring your horses . `` or at least let me pick out something really nice for her christmas present before i leave . `` you 're very kind , thank you . a few tiny stars had poked through the light pollution . `` hopefully , when you find the one for you , he will do more than talk . '' he took a sip of his shake , watching me over the straw . 