He didn't say anything for a few moments and when we got to the car, he put the things inside. I thought I'd made him mad, that I was being an ungrateful little brat. Everything was still so new between us. At lunch I wondered if he was going to say something stupid and he didn't. Now I worried I'd said the wrong thing and he would decide I was more trouble than I was worth. Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut more.

I guess he could see that I was feeling sad, so he leaned down and tilted my chin up.

"I'm not going to be a...