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Davvy_Wavvy 
"Uh huh and I'm Nicholas Flamel." He countered. Not for one moment was he buying anything that Althea was selling. Nope. He had spent enough time with her to know different. Great attempt at a sale pitch though. A-.
"It is most definitely not the same thing. Flirting takes effort, being charming is effortless. I was born that way you know.." He waggled his brows at her.
He sighed....heavily.
"I know but I like putting some effort into avoiding that....especially if it's with people I actually care about." What and who were they actually talking about now because Bentley was sure he might be overthinking this conversation....a nasty habit he was picking up and needed to quit. People not liking him despite not knowing him? Ha, story of his life....he could name names.
"Mhm but it's not that deep and it's not about those people. I don't care about them." Okay Miss Kennings? Good.
Bentley sunk a bit deeper into the spring. "But I already have. Don't pretend you didn't realize that I got the rise that I was looking for."
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I don't know that for sure, for all I know, you could be." A joke, obviously, though she did always wonder why it was that she could never pull away from him. She seriously considered this to be a highly complex brand of magic that he'd somehow performed on her without her knowledge. She'd need to confer with Declan on the matter.
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Yes, it is. Flirting has to be natural too, or else it won't work. And, besides, even if you're charming, you are also a shameless flirt. No shame at all." And she would leave it at that. Again, Bentley's need to be stubborn persisted even when he sounded illogical. Still, Althea found herself smiling at him. Ridiculous. Very ridiculous.
Bentley was doing that thing he did where he was reading too much into her words. Sometimes she felt bad about it, and other times...she wished he'd just let it go. "
Alright Benny, don't read too much into it, okay," she said, splashing a bit of water at him. "
Relax." Something she desperately needed to do herself. As he moved deeper into the water, Althea wondered briefly if she was making him nervous. The very idea of it amused her. "
Yeah, sure, Benny, whatever you say." There was no use pushing the point, because he would drag it on and on until she gave in anyway.