“You never told her?” Willow asked, laughing.
“Tell me about what?” Casey asked as William sighed.
“Even though he is my big brother.” She stood behind his seat, placing her hands on
his shoulder. “I would learn how to do everything first. Ride bikes. Swim.”
“It's true,” Daniel added. “When teaching him to ride a bike, he would make it a
foot and then purposely fall over. When teaching him to swim, he'd rather sink to
the bottom than try.”
William sighed. He stood up and walked to the dance floor with his sister.
“You seem much happier now, William,” Willow told him. “I'm glad.”
“Thank you,” William responded as he awkwardly put his hands on his sister's hips.
He tried to keep at least six inches between them at all times.
“Casey is good for you, you know,” she told him as they swayed slowly to a song
William didn't know.
“It's your wedding,” William told her. “We should be talking about you and how
gross it is that you're married.”
“Oh, you want to talk about me?” Willow asked with a hint of sarcasm. “What
happened to the guy who spent hours putting me to sleep talking about Nintendo and
bands like Debadoo?”
“Sebadoh,” William corrected her.
Willow gave William a look he knew meant to knock it off.
“It was a nice day,” William said, swaying his sister in an awkward rhythm which
didn't match the beat of the music. “Jeremy is a cool guy.”
“Well, I'm glad I have my big brother's approval,” Willow joked.
The song ended and Willow returned to the wedding party.
William walked back to the table. Casey sat alone. His father had gone back to the