all characters in the story are the intellectual property of the author and all events are imagined by her . `` i guess so , '' he came back , looking down at her dark head , wondering why she was in such a rush . put the stake in your boot . you wo n't be able to stay in this state all night , and we need to go . he felt he was going to go crazy here . frustrated , worried , he stood outside the station and gazed all around . we were utterly lost in one another . 