The kiss had been on her mind, too, ever since it happened, but things were good now, and she didn't want to push it. She liked where she was in her life, and didn't want to upset that or make him feel uncomfortable.

"Remind me to never let you watch the Chucky movies," she told him. "Creepy, murderous dolls. No thank you. And I pity the poor child who ends up with that horse, poor thing will have nightmares for years, it sounds like."