"How?" I asked, sitting myself down beside one of the boxes and lifting it into my lap. Even though I had just asked Rosie how we might do that, I didn't expect her to give me full directions, because if she knew how to do everything, she likely wouldn't have sent out the message. Besides which, I was excited by the prospect of learning how to put it together.

"Does it come with instructions? Can I open the box?"

It was still Rosie's furniture. It belonged to her, I didn't think it would be fair to simply open it up without her permission.