“If I did, I didn’t know that was what I was doing. I don’t know how to flirt. I just kinda … it’s easier if I just — I don’t know.”
”Seriously? You’re saying you’ve never actually flirted with someone before?” His look was a mix of contempt, disbelief and a pinch of boredom thrown in for good measure. He wasn’t actually annoyed with her so much as he was stumped as to how to actually help her.
”You’re a sophomore in college. How have you never flirted with someone. Next you’ll tell me you’ve never had your first kiss,” he joked with dark humour.
That got a small laugh.
“No, I’ve been kissed. Last year. He … anyway. Look, nobody noticed me in high school, and nobody notices me now — except you, apparently, what is up with that?”