“Do you want me to stop?” Summer whispered. She didn’t move, but she could feel a blush rising up her face. Irrelevantly, she remembered that there were studies claiming that staring into another person’s eyes for a few minutes could cause a real emotional attachment. Was that what was happening? Should she look away? She didn’t want to look away.
He shook his head slowly as his cheeks stained pink, unsure of how he was supposed to react, but he didn’t really mind the contact. It was just different and new, but otherwise, he was okay with it. “What are you thinking right now, Summer?”
“Um … ” How did she explain all the things she was thinking? “That you’re really cute,” she said, heart starting to beat harder, “and I was remembering — I read once that if you look into a person’s eyes long enough you can, um, you can get emotionally attached.”