then she turned , picked up her purse and keys and stepped onto the porch beside him . being with the man i love is more important than where i work . i nodded , head down as i walked between them . `` no , you dope , do n't tell her to do that . '' the girl sitting next to me leaned over to her friend and said not so quietly , `` here we go again with butterfly boy . '' apparently no one 's ever gotten that close to putting her lights out for good . '' 