She looked at him. His grin faded a bit. "I'm sorry," he said. "That does sound an awful lot like me, doesn't it? I do sorta laugh my feelings off a lot. I'm sorry."

She blushed. "Sometimes I don't know what to say either."

"You're not mad at me?"

She shook her head, and smiled.

"I'm glad there isn't another guy," he said awkwardly.

She smiled again. "No... no one else."




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