I remember it as English. So
whenever I lay in bed at night
dreaming about Babiki and the
moments we’d spent together, I felt
like it had transpired in English
because that’s how I remembered
it. And Tom had never said anything
about what language she spoke or
didn’t speak, because why would he
care? He just wanted to get his free
CDs and get with the sister. Which
is how I’d been dating a girl for over
a month—the girl I very much
believed was my first girlfriend—
without ever having had a single
conversation with her.
Now the whole night came