when they were kids , hed scratched his head . he sat a few rows behind me and had always seemed nice enough . it did not make enough sense to him to be an acceptable theory in the end . she considered going back up the stairs or simply sitting down in the living room to wait until he acknowledged her . she fiddles with her ear piece . i caught myself actually beginning to smile at the man across from me . the process is n't fast , even if it is n't really cruel . 