Edward paused for a moment to turn his head and look at her. He loved his name, he really did, the only thing his father had given him that he did not resent, but usually people did not get it. They didn't put it together, probably because people never bothered thinking about things. So he smiled at Lee, smiled because of Lee, and he decided that she really was special. "You are a girl, I guess. But that's all right. You are neat-o."

There, she had his seal of approval. "You shouldn't be friends with me. BTW." He did say each letter for that abbrevation.