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"Nah. I'm sure he's moved on. There were other kids on our block. He picked up some one else to play hide and seek with." Peter grinned. The nice thing about Dawn (well one of them) was that he never felt ridiculous when he started talking.
"I'd like that. The best of friends thing. Well the other part too. The listening part. Not that I--I feel like I need to talk. Just--you know. Like you said: handy-dandy."
He'll just grin for a moment and then:
"Oh. I can listen too. I mean--I do. I can. If you need to talk. Confess. Whatever. Just want to--to ramble and I'm your guy. Person. Friend. You know."