But you can’t tell anyone. We’d both get in trouble and she could get in real trouble.”“I’m not going to tell anyone. I was just wondering h...w my friend went from shy and nervous around girls to confident; why he was so happy for two weeks ... and so down for a week after that.”She noticed! I thought I had kept it hidden. I guess my emotions betrayed me.“It was your eyes that gave you away,” she continued. “I could see that deep inside you were sad about something. I thought it was that I was. "You read my mind." It's easy. I know you. Your expressions. I'm not some self-centered little pneumocephalic bimbo." Pneumocephalic? Where'd that come from?" I dunno," I chuckled. "Somewhere. I could've made it up. You know – 'pneumo' for air, 'cephalic' for head." I figured that's what you meant. Just never heard it." And I'm NOT one."The waitress returned with Ed's credit card. He scribbled a good tip and a signature and we headed out the door. In the car I continued my line of thought."You. ” “What? Are you serious?” Billy cried. “ No Way !” Mike whispered. “I’m serious,” said Tommy. “look, one of you go up and act like you need to use the bathroom. If she doesn’t answer, she’s passed out.” I heard the commotion of Mike and Billy arguing over who was going upstairs first and I started getting edgy. I got back into the tub and slid the curtain over just enough to see in, and then I grabbed my eye pack, put it on and lie back. I heard someone creeping up the stairs so I put my elbow. She was perfectly toned from gym workouts and I guessed she had C-cup breasts. To me, they were perfect.Eventually, I managed to speak. “Hi, it’s finally nice to meet you in person.” “It’s nice to meet you, too,” she said, her eyes sparkling. My insecurities were fading but, having never been confident in the company of the opposite sex, I was still somewhat flustered and blurted, “If I remember rightly, it’s Róisín, right?”“Correct.” There was a light, amused tone to her voice and she cocked.