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We returned to our task, ourus as ent froood as he was at su the books to me I had to be h that I doubted I’d be using this particular shortcut in day-to-day life Still, it was cool to play with

I slipped the final clue card into its book and let Owen send it flying back to its shelf Then Owen’s grin turnedorbs They suddenly shattered like fireworks, showering us with colorful sparks of light We ran through the store then, light ht at h we hadn’t even touched

He waved his hand in the air again, and a snowfall began The flakes danced in the air, and I juue, but they vanished before I could reach the in a bookstore on a snowy day," he said

"But generally the idea is to come in out of the snow," I replied "You should have it snow just outside the s so people will stay longer"

"That’s a good idea," he said "I wonder what else we can do" With a flick of his wrist, he changed the music on the sound system to an even slower, more romantic piece before he held his hand out to me "Shall we dance?"

I stepped into his arical snowfall as fireworks went off over our heads I wasn’t sure if the tingle that ran through ether like this I had the strangest feeling that I’d have felt exactly the same ithout the snow or the fireworks, that it was theinfor joy

"You know," I whispered after a while, "this is probably visible fro off indoors"

"I suppose you’re right," he , though It seeical wonderland, where the outside world was nothing but a fainttoward him, breathless with anticipation When our lips were barely an inch apart, I suddenly re

I wasn’t the kind of girl o-tiht break it off with hiic really was, but I couldn’t kiss so with Oas the right thing, I didn’t want to start it off on the wrong foot

"You knohat this snow putsto keep ht and casual to cover my still-breathless reaction to our near-miss

"Hot cocoa" The intense look in his eyes as he continued gazing at , but he had picked up onto shift thein relief I felt like we had all the tis

The snowfall following us, we made our way up the stairs to the café We walked side by side, not touching, but close enough that I was conscious of his proximity I started to head behind the counter, but he shook his head "No, I think I’ve got this" A wave of his hand, and two steas sat on the nearest table "Your table, rabbed a tray of cookies left over fro party Our new supplier’s cookies were good enough that I didn’t think Owen could beat the theical cocoa, I looked at hih the snowfall and said, "What do you think this means?"

"I have no idea Are we the only ones who can do this? Or can everyone, but no one thinks to try? Has it been like this all along, or is this new?"

"Maybe there’s so in the water, or space aliens have experi time we’ve both experienced"

"You know, any other day I eous theory, but since I can do eous any is possible"

"Should we tell soic in this world, and I’d rather not end up in soovernment laboratory"

"So, what do we do?"