if he had said boo , she would have jumped through the sky . wrapping his arms around his knees , he stared out at the water and tried to make sense of what had happened that day . so it was n't easy to give him the benefit of the doubt . his head on the bed next to me , his hands holding mine . he had to earn his place in her heart . my fingers knotted in my hair as i twisted it up into a messy bun and sat on the floor with my sister . 