Ken's Apartment
"And me?!" Mina exclaimed, then caught herself in the midst of her outburst. "Oops! That was bad manners of me."

Lita relaxed a little more. At least she wasn't the only one feeling insecure right now.

"Of course you can come," Ken said. "Any friend of Lita's is a friend of mine and Charles's."

Mina was beside herself with joy. "Do you really mean that?" she asked, leaning toward him with hearts in her eyes.

Charles and Lita laughed, apparently seeing the same thing going on at once. They stopped and caught one another's eyes. Charles smiled again at her, and Lita felt her heart begin to pound. Against all better judgement, she thought, I like this Charles.

So much for not falling in love. ... Continue