QUOTE : He watches me eat for a moment. “Let me see it again.”<br /><br />“No.”<br /><br />“Okay.” He pulls a can of carbonated water out of his backpack and pops the lid.<br /><br />Sometimes I want to punch him. I find the letter and slide it across the table.<br /><br />He reads it again. It makes me feel all jittery inside.<br /><br />His eyes flick up. “She likes you.”<br /><br />I shrug and steal his drink. It tastes like someone drowned an orange in a bottle of Perrier, and I cough.<br /><br />Rev smiles. “You like her.”<br /><br />“How can you drink this crap?”<br /><br />His smile widens. “Is it making you crazy that she won’t reveal herself?”<br /><br />“Seriously, Rev, do you have any regular water?”<br /><br />He’s no fool. “What do you want to do?”<br /><br />I take a long breath and blow it out. I run a hand through my hair. “I don’t know.”<br /><br />“You know.”<br /><br />“I want to stake out the grave. This waiting between letters is killing me.”<br /><br />“Suggest email.”<br /><br />“She doesn’t want to tell me anything more than her age. She’s not going to give me her email address.”<br /><br />“Maybe not her real email. But you could set up a private account and give her the address. See if she writes you.”<br /><br />It’s so simple it’s brilliant. I hate that I didn’t think of it. “Rev, I could kiss you.”<br /><br />“Brush your teeth first.” He reclaims his bizarre can of water.