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“Wise choice” Grinning, she grabbed his hand, and quickly pulled hih the croard the site where the hot chocolate stand was always set up More than a simple cup of cocoa in a Styrofoam cup, this place had a build your own station It offered numerous flavors, types of chocolate, marshmallows, and the pièce de résistance, whip cream

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?Oh, this is much more than a cup of hot cocoa,” Keir said

She laughed at the awe in his voice “Now you begin to understand,padawan,” she joked

As they waited in line, she dreamt up her concoction Ten h hipped cream, pumped full of flavor, and finished with shaved bits of peppermint candies

Keir’s colossal caramel creation was drizzled with caramel and tiny pieces of Heath bar “Okay, new Cincinnati tradition”

She laughed “We haven’t even had strudel yet”

“If it’s half as good as this, I’ll be running two extra miles tomorrow,” he said

They paused in front of the ice skating rink and watched

“Do you skate?” he asked

“Not well I’raceful as a bull in a china shop”

He snickered “I used to in a pond by h”

“Don’t try to getto happen”

“Noted Does not ice skate”

“Oh, noDoes not skate period It’s a horrible sight to witness and my arse always pays for it”