when an old friend does n't fit in with your new pals , you cut him loose . he leaned down into my half opened window and grinned at me . i sure as hell deserved it and then some . '' first , she needed a place to call her own and a job . my eyes flick to her lips and back to her eyes . `` we are of the original universe . had to get the guy to walk away . those two simple words said everything . did that mean she neither valued nor appreciated herself ? 