"Yeah, about that," she said, her eyes looking at mine with a mixture of sheepishness and regret. "There can't be a next time."

I narrowed my eyes at her said eloquently, "Huh?" I shook my head as if to clear it. "I thought that was just as mind-bendingly awesome for you as it was for me."

Lisa just kissed me again, a little harder this time. Then she kind of sucked on her teeth before explaining, "The thing is, Caspar, I have a boyfriend."

"What?" I exclaimed, barely containing a shout. "You gotta tell a guy something like that! That's... That's not... That's not cool, Lisa! You mean I just..."...