When they got out the door, Jim put his feet on the way to his house, while starting to say, "You l..."
Simultaneously, Rebecca started, "I'm s..."
They looked at each other and laughed. Jim said, "Sorry, just wanted to say that you look fabulous, and that I don't know how I missed it before. What were you going to say?"
Rebecca blushed a bit, and said, "Thank you. I was just going to apologize about the mall suggestion. When my mom popped her head in, and I saw you, I just panicked, and forgot about going over to the park."
"It's alright," Jim assured her. "In fact, it's probably a good thing. If we told them we were heading over to the park, it might sound like a date. I don't know what your parents would think of that, but Rick would definitely be angry. I'm not sure what to do about that, but I guess we can ignore it for a while, if we're careful not to let him know.
"Speaking of knowing, though, talking with him just before we left, he reminded me that I need to be Kim when 'we' meet up with Beth, tonight. Or, more to the point for us, he needs to think that I'm Kim then.
"But in the meanwhile, we can still head to the park, if you'd prefer. They certainly don't need to know where we're heading," Jim finished, with a smile.
