Danny O'Connor used to pull Meg Pryor's pigtails.

Danny O'Connor used to tell her he'd play hide and seek with her, and then never actually go look for her, for hours on end.

Meg Pryor used to be just JJ's little sister.

Now she was on Bandstand.

Now she was beautiful.

Now he can't even look at her, let alone talk to her.

He'd taken her out, but just once.

She'd been into some other guy, and the timing wasn't right, and a million other things, but he wanted to take her to Willow Grove. Maybe one day he would.