`` there was a light snow a few days before ; just a crust under the trees , and mud everywhere else . `` i got hit on the head , okay ? '' i turned around to see and smack ! and bring with it large glasses . this is going to be the last time , ever , that we have to spend the night apart . you must have made a lovely couple . '' she hurried to the opening of her neighborhood . he set the cartons on the table and then took his seat across from me . 