`` this is n't what i signed up for , '' he growled and then walked away . the girl shrieked and responded by splashing him . `` well , i work afternoons at the youth center . `` i want to go with you , '' i said , forgetting how scary this brother could be . its my anniversary this weekend , and i promised the wife id take her somewhere nice . i could feel that she had markedly closed the distance between us . could he have loved and lost someone ? 