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"I. No. I. Want to come." Zach said, nodding, reassuring himself as much as Kylie that he did, in fact, want to go... eat dinner... with her family... whom he'd never met... and wanted to impress. Cool! ...HAND. Handhandhandhandhand. Her hand. On his hand. Hands. Okay, so he'd held her hand before, that one time. But that was before he realized that he liked her. He liked her? He liked her! Yeah, okay, he'd admit it. To himself. ONLY HIMSELF!
Kylie smiled. A warm, bright, kind, inviting smile. As if Kylie possessed any other. But still, it was special. There was something special. About Zach, about Kylie while she was WITH Zach. It didn't really make sense. But, things didn't always have to make sense. "I'm glad. It'll be fun." She felt dumb. Really dumb. Her parents didn't even know about this. Ugh. Having non-magical parents was so difficult sometimes. Took forever to get any post out to them.
"Um... I do recall you telling me YOU had siblings?" Kylie suddenly felt a strike of nerves. He had family. Who she'd undoubtedly meet. She had always been good with impressions among adults... but first impressions among her peers... well, that was more difficult. And she had no idea how old all of his siblings were. Or how many he even had.
She was so wrapped up in her thoughts, she forgot her hand was still resting on Zach's.