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"You’re being a difficult case, you know"

"I had to pick sos lose their potency on you after a while Or maybe it’s harder to lose your ier to get the i a sense for very long while we had eneive things a try tonight, or would it be a waste of time?"

I looked up at his worried blue eyes and reot the first time I met hi with you is never a waste of time," I said as butterflies forets done tonight"

He pinkened slightly, but he heldbashfully at the floor "It’s all just a ruse to get you alone with ht accomplish is a bonus The way I see it, if we’re in my very heavily warded house, that er or tinker with our plans and we ether without too many distractions"

"So, we’re both on the sas wentthan on any of the occasions in which Ethelinda had interfered, then I’d know she rong about us not being suited for each other

By the time I left the office, the butterflies in my stomach had spawned offshoot flocks that had taken up residence in my heart, my head, andthe thought of being ht happen with Oithout any s up--or to break the ice (in a figurative way this ti corridors toward the exit with a protective hand at the sht I’d been stricken suddenly ill or frail, the way he was acting Asit when I needed to be rescued all the time, I rather enjoyed this protectiveness Co was his proxi that gave him a reason to touchlobby, we ran into Rod--or rather, the handsoical immunity The fact that I no his illusion instead of his real face was a good sign that the potion had finally kicked in "Hey, I’ht you two," Rod said "I take it you’ll be at the party?"

Owen glanced ever so slightly at , "Yeah, we’ll be there But you aren’t serious about costu, you can wear evening clothes and a ination than that"

"I told my roommates, and they’re excited about it," I said "And don’t worry, I’ll see to it that he co talk co to wear, but dressing ured I’d leave it to her

"I can’t wait to see what you coh, that you’re dealing with the kid ore the sarew it Getting hie"

When we’d said good-bye to him and continued on our way to the lobby, I couldn’t resist asking, "Robin Hood?"

"I liked the movie"

"The one with Errol Flynn?"

"The Disney one, where Robin Hood’s a fox Gloria questioned the ardless of as being robbed, but she thought the cartoon presentation was benign enough in its anthropo as I also learned the true history of King Richard and Prince John" Then he gave a crooked, rueful grin "I just wanted to be able to shoot a bow and arrow"

"I liked that one, too," I admitted "I went as Maid Marian for Halloween one year, but nobody kneho I was supposed to be and I got very frustrated And by the way, the ith" Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t noticed the usual effects of his attraction spell Either he hadn’t wasted the effort of using it onfor me to notice anyone else when he was around