puppy love

a little boy knocked on our door and asked,
"can faith play?"
my brother had answered the door and said, no, she was about to leave for piano lessons soon. i was looking down from my window upstairs and could see his little black bicycle lying against the curb. he rode away, fastening his helmet before he went off.

i think my sister thinks he's weird, and he probably doesn't like her, but dang, i wish a boy did that for me when i was eight years old. (: