he reached across and took my hand . it slips over me and i reach for the side to zip it , but mel 's already there . she walked up to him , not hesitating for a second . only did he have to bring pandas into this because look at the trouble i got into the last time one of those was supposed to be , painted on my face but was not . `` so , '' she said , `` how was your day ? `` you look a little down , tough night , huh ? '' 