I adore him. [She's quite frank about that, because there's no point to this conversation if she beats around the bush.] He's sweet, and patient, and so funny, and - really, really beautiful, I can't even imagine how I caught his eye in the first place, never mind held it. He's got this sort of lopsided smile, and -

[Jem knows him, Celeste. Or of him, anyway. Going into unnecessary detail.]

- and he does know me. That's the thing that makes it so hard. He's seen through things about me that no one else ever has, and he stood up to me and made me be honest. Not just with him, with myself. I don't know how it's happened, because it really hasn't been that long, but he understands me better than just about anyone has in my life.