Flashback
Robert pulled up to front of her house. They sat in the car for a silent moment, but Leah didn't say goodbye or make any move to get out.
"Well," Robert said impatiently. "Don't you have to go home?" Leah just looked at him out of the corner of her eye. She was too intimidated to make direct eye contact. She was waiting for him to give her a cue.
"I was hoping you might want to come up?" she said finally. Robert knew this was what was on her mind, but he wanted to make her articulate it.
"You were hoping I might want to come up," he repeated, almost mocking.
"I missed you last time I babysat," Leah said. "You weren't around to drive me home. I was hoping we could, you know.... I've been looking forward to it all week."
"Fine. I'll come up just for a little while, but jus
