I dialed the number slowly, wanting to get it right. Two rings, and he picked up. - Sarah Dessen

There were moments - when Jeopardy came on, in the car during radio trivia challenges, or for practically any question I couldn't answer in any subject - that Rogerson simply amazed me. I started to seek out facts, just to stump him, but it never worked. He was that sharp.

I had this wild thought that he was the only one in all this chaos who was just like me, and that was comforting and profound all at once.

I am not," I said. "I've been waiting forever."