Chapter 23:
In Which Jeremiah Gets To Mandy's, Closer to Later than SoonishJeremiah drove slowly out of the parking lot. He tried to drive as carefully as possible, worried that the police would pull him over and he would have to explain who’s car it was, how he’d gotten it and why there wasn’t a key. Jeremiah drove slowly out of the parking lot. ( Read more... )

Chapter 22:
In Which Jeremiah Tries to Pick Mandy Up Nowish, but the car doesn’t agree
Jeremiah walked to the parking lot, before he realized that he didn’t actually have the keys to Mandy’s car and as much of a biblical hedonist he was, he was about as technologically advanced as the bible too. he didn’t know how to hotwire the car. He wasn’t ( Read more... )

Chapter 21:
In Which Mandy Calls Jeremiah and they talk about unimportant things (like daffodils and butternut squash)Jeremiah stares at the colourless ball at the bottom of his garbage can until the phone rings ( Read more... )

Chapter 20:
In Which Jeremiah Eats a Pack of StarburstJeremiah opens the desk drawer closest to the bottom and pulls out a packet of Starburst. He tears off the wrapper and the individually wrapped pieces fall onto his desk. He counts. There are seven of them. Green, Pink, Red, Yellow, Orange, Green and Red. Jeremiah sorts them into colour piles. ( Read more... )

Chapter 19:
In Which Jeremiah Sits On His Bed Experiencing an Angst He wasn’t Familiar with in his AdolescentJeremiah was lying face down on his bed, when there was a knock on the door. he ignored it. it came again, but louder. It occurred to Jeremiah that it sounded like multiple knocks ( Read more... )

Chapter 18:
In Which Jeremiah Goes Back to Bradley’s and is Misunderstood
Clapping started when Jeremiah walked into the dining hall for lunch. All of the residents not in wheelchairs stood up and the ones with canes joined slowly after the rest of them. Jeremiah flushed and he grabbed a tray and put some jello and a sandwich onto a plate for ( Read more... )

Chapter 17:
In Which Jeremiah and Mandy Wake Up On the Bed and Jeremiah worries about the elderlyJeremiah woke up and found Mandy’s head resting on her shoulder. They had kept talking and listening and at some point most have shut their minds off. Jeremiah looked at Mandy, sleeping. She was pretty, but she looked sad. Jeremiah preferred her awake, ( Read more... )

Chapter 16
In Which Jeremiah and Mandy take the elevator up to the 19th floor
“I live on the nineteenth floor” Mandy states as they step into the elevator and she presses the corresponding button. Jeremiah watches as the numbers light up in front of him as each floor is passed. Five, seven, thirteen, sixteen. Finally the elevator stops and the ( Read more... )

Chapter 15
In Which Jeremiah Walks Mandy Home And She Invites Him Inside
Jeremiah understood now why Mandy had driven to the old age home. She didn’t exactly live close to him. In fact it was a good thirty minute walk. Jeremiah didn’t mind. He liked that it was long. He liked that it was more time to walk with Mandy, but with every step he realized ( Read more... )

Chapter 14:
In Which Jeremiah and Mandy Finish Their Date and Mandy Walks Jeremiah Across the Street
Jeremiah and Mandy sat down at their table again, but ignored the fish. They ordered two coffees and sat exchanging words and comfortable silence. They learned that they both liked pointillism and regular bowling. Lawn bowling was definitely out for ( Read more... )