“Yes. Yes!” he said. He was hardly able to contain himself, bobbing his thin legs up and down in the seat beside me. We were in the car with the engine off because we had arrived at the sushi restaurant in the mall. “That’s what I was trying for,” he said. “And do you know what? I was the first person you talked to after you lost your virginity!” he said. “It was so great. It meant so much to me.” I’d forgotten this before he mentioned it.
