"I won't even disagree with you. It probably isn't," I replied evenly. "But you're not the only person involved in this."

"Yeah, yeah," she said bitterly.

"And I'm not the only guy for you," I reasoned further.

"Yeah, but don't you like me?"

"Lexi, of course I like you, the whole group likes you."

She gave me a look like I was stupid. "Okay, let me say it in your disconnected nerd way. Don't you feel a seckshuwal ae-ttraction to-wards me?"

"I don't talk like that," I said half-defensively and half-laughing. "And yes, obviously I do or else this conversation would have been really quick. But I only started feeling...