`` indeed , '' i agreed to the obvious , looking back to the door . what other parents would make an overweight fourteen year-old wear grey flannel shorts to school ? `` no , i do n't think it 's terrible at all . our eyes met across the table and every other sound in the room blended together , floating around me but never breaking into my consciousness . ben put his hand on my arm , pulling it down to my side . her muscles relaxed as she stroked through the water . 