; staying up past midnight one of the few times we were ever allowed to have a sleepover , giggling and imagining amazing and impossible people for our matches some day , like the president of the united states or the stars of our favorite movies ; running side by side , legs beating in tandem on the pavement , like the rhythm of a single heartbeat ; bodysurfing at the beach and buying triple cones of ice cream on the way home , arguing about whether vanilla or chocolate was better .