It was late at night, after midnight, but we went for a walk; we were in the city where I grew up, Virginia Beach, strolling the boardwalk through an elaborate architectural chain of markets and open-air restaurants and cafes, and houses that had been thrown open for parties, surrounded on all sides by looming, garish carnival rides--roller coasters, ferris wheels, giant balloons, the Eiffel Tower--and enormous trees looped in fairy lights.
Nothing special happened. I just remember this amazing feeling of being with someone who was attracted to me, in the flesh, even though in the flesh I am blah.
