her lips tugged upward in a hesitant smile . `` wait , '' i say , trying to piece this part together . he recovered quickly , reaching out to touch a few outstretched hands , melting the front row of girls like one long stick of butter as he moved closer toward me . it is a regular event that we probably hear more than a dozen times a day and we pay it no mind . i hated myself in that moment for not being strong enough to get away . 