From: yevgeni	Date: September 1st, 2011 02:43 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Oh. Right. Okay," he didn't know what else to say. She seemed so set in her ways and what was a little white lie? It would not be so bad.

"Thank... you?" It was more a question than anything else. As she turned to walk away he watched in astonishment, dumbfounded. One of the books slipped from his arms and fell into the pile at his feet.

"What the hell have I gotten myself into?" he asked himself.