are you suggesting it was me who planted the snot bomb ? her grandparents were german , only recently from the old country . my face ended up in his neck , my hair in his face and he moved it away , sweeping it over my shoulders as my head came up . carefully , i spread a thin layer over the scab . she hoped that no one she knew was watching . but none of this would have happened if someone had n't insisted she be relieved of her shadow duties . '' he slips his fingers below my waist . 