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explain my dad to Holly and really, to get it right, I’d have to give her the “before” and “after” details because he wasn’t the same dad as he was four years ago. “I’ve been dragged to a fair share of formal events, though. Grown up parties, lots of them, which are usually boring as hell for a kid.”
    She studied my face for a few moments longer and then shifted her focus to the seat in front of us. “I certainly don’t envy your life…or theirs.”
    I couldn’t think of anything to say, so I just sat in silence, trying to untangle the meaning of this conversation…of Holly singling me out. Suddenly, I remembered something from earlier today. I groaned and hit my palm against my forehead. “I totally forgot to tell you…Zoe was asleep on top of a whole bunch of poison ivy when I found her.”
    “Oh man…poor kid. And she’s already left for the day.” Holly laughed and closed her eyes. “Tomorrow…I’ll bite that bullet tomorrow.”
    I patted her knee and her eyes flew open, staring at my fingers against her skin. I drew my hand back quickly. “Sorry.”
    Was I sorry about touching her leg, or forgetting to tell her about the poison ivy incident? Both… I think .
    The bus screeched to a stop in front of the Y and both of us scooted toward the aisle. Holly’s cheeks were slightly pink and her eyes stayed down.
    This was the point where I would usually throw some cheesy line at a girl or most likely, just ask her out. I was a good enough listener, both to the spoken and unspoken words, to know she felt something too, but I didn’t have any desire to say something corny and predictable, and I didn’t really want to ask her out. I just wanted to sit beside her on that bus seat a little longer and not think about anything else.
    But we didn’t sit longer. Holly got off the bus and went inside because she was scheduled to work until six and I headed for home, on foot.
    Around six, I left my building, after showering and changing into jeans and a t-shirt, for my roommate, Danny’s robotic club softball game that I had somehow been roped into playing every Monday night for the rest of the summer. As soon as I crossed the street and texted a meeting spot to Danny, a bright green shirt and blonde hair caught my eye.
    I had to check twice to make sure it was really her and then I stood for several seconds, contemplating what I would do about it.
    Holly had her beach towel spread out on the grassy area directly across from my building, as if she had planned this possible meeting and because it was so obvious, I knew she most likely hadn’t planned it.
    Ear buds were plugged into her ears and her hair sprawled all around her while her lips moved without sound. The bliss I had felt sitting so close to her earlier came back and my feet were moving closer without permission. I leaned over her, blocking the sun and causing her eyes to open. “Holly Flynn…are you stalking me?”
    “This is Central Park, not your bedroom,” she snapped and her face got all red again.
    Maybe she did plan this? Probably not, but she’s embarrassed that I might think she planned it…which could mean…
    I flopped down on the grass next to her and changed the subject to let her off the hook. “Don’t you usually jet out of the city to go see Danny or Donald…whatever his name is?”
    She rolled her eyes. “ David is working and I’m just…well…I’m trying to see if I can get used to this…living in New York.”
    “A little different than Jersey, right?” Okay. Not Stalking. Unfortunately. And yeah, I remembered David’s name, I just didn’t want her to know that.
    I rolled on my side to face her. “You parked yourself right in front of my building. That’s the reason for the stalker accusations.”
    She didn’t respond with the snappy sarcastic remark that I’d been prepared for. Instead, her face looked slightly vacant, staring at me, like she’d just smoked a joint, which would have been