Stas looked between the eager couple and the mildly curious Bernadine that they assumed was actually a mildly offended Abernathy. "Abernathy, in the face of this encouragement and the fact that today is the most romantic of the year, I must ask you to be my girlfriend."
Bernadine actually snorted in response and she felt for a moment as if she were channeling her sister's spirit. "How about we take it slow and just make out after the dance?"
"I do not have a problem with this," he replied with the tiniest shrug. They could play it off the next day as a failed experiment, or they could formulate a better plan to get out of this whole thing.
"It's settled!" Thorn said happily and clapped his hands on both of their shoulders, pushing them closer together in the process. "Aren't they they cutest couple in the fucking universe?"
Bernadine actually snorted in response and she felt for a moment as if she were channeling her sister's spirit. "How about we take it slow and just make out after the dance?"
"I do not have a problem with this," he replied with the tiniest shrug. They could play it off the next day as a failed experiment, or they could formulate a better plan to get out of this whole thing.
"It's settled!" Thorn said happily and clapped his hands on both of their shoulders, pushing them closer together in the process. "Aren't they they cutest couple in the fucking universe?"