ing o impress Margaret,quot; I said. quot;And es sely, I reckon it must ;

    Eric laughe back again.

    quot;You and Margaret-nos funny. . . .quot;

    I kne dodged a major bullet, and I breation spun off in a neion. I joined in no I  really listening to ead I kept tle voice inside me t made me  w Eric had said.

    t date I could  nigurned out. Not many dates- many people, period-ime, e didnt mean I liked  talked to  all since t old myself, I o talk to o o bring o Cecils Diner for a basket of  I didnt  to do any of t. In my mind, Id already served my penance.

    t day, Sunday, I ion to UNC. In addition to transcripts from my ion, type. If you could meet one person in ory,  influence in your life and able-our Engliseacold us o expect-and Id already ions in class as homework.

    Englis subject. Id never received anyt started scion process ing. If it  rouble, especially if it included tions t talked about trains leaving an , traveling in opposite directions at forty miles an c. It  t I  least a C-but it didnt come naturally to me, if you know w I mean.

    Anying one of my essays co run doairs to grab t I couldnt make out too  sounded like Angela. I immediately smiled to myself. Even to clean it up, sually pretty fun to be around most of time. And  least for t o to get togething.

    quot;Landon?quot;

    quot;O; I said, playing it cool, quot;;

    t pause on ther end.

    quot;;

    It  I suddenly realized I  speaking to Angela. Instead