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“Pretty name,” Jill said. “And yes, her.”

“I guess so,” Enid replied. “I definitely wasn’t expecting it.”

“So, what does she do?”

“She’s a student.”

“Grad school with you?”

“No, she’s an undergrad, actually. She’s about to turn twenty-one.”

“Really?” Jill asked, looking up at her. “A little young, yeah?”

“I guess. But she’s mature in some ways.”

“Some ways?” Jill lifted an eyebrow.

“I just meant that she doesn’t seem like some girl in college who only wants to play around all the time. I met a few of those when I was in my undergrad. I even dated a couple of them.”

“But she’s not like that?”

“No,” Enid said, shaking her head.

“And there’s that spark you mentioned?”

“There is,” Enid said with a smile. “We have a table in the quad now.”

“What?” Jill laughed and set down her phone.

“We had coffee at this table in the quad once, and now, she calls itourtable.”

“That’s kind of cute. I mean, I hate her, but that’s still cute.”

Enid laughed and said, “I think so, too.”

“Have you two…”

“No,” Enid replied. “We haven’t even kissed yet.”

“You’ve kissed me, but not her yet? How do you know that there’s a spark?”

“I don’t need to kiss her to feel it. And we almost did last night. We got interrupted.”

“When do you see her again?”

“Tomorrow night.”

“Busy girl this week, huh? Two dates with me, one with her, then another one with me before another one with her.”

“I know.” She laughed. “I’ve never had this many dates in a row before. I was running out of ideas already, trying to figure out what to do.”

“You were running out of ideas, like, two dates in?” Jill asked.

“I’m out of practice,” Enid offered.

“Well, food’s ordered. It’ll be here in thirty. Let’s start a movie, and I’ll grab us some drinks. You can tell me more about this sparky Caroline.”

“I didn’t say she was sparky,” Enid said, laughing.

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