He always seemed a little up in the air. He'd be right there in the classroom, and yet so many times it felt like his heart was somewhere else.

When I heard he was going to be an actor, I wasn't surprised. Somehow, I'd always felt he was someone who would keep drifting, never quite settling anywhere.

I thought I shouldn't try to hold on to him. If I held on, the drifting — the best part of him — might disappear. I liked you that way. Up in the air.