"Of course," Jeremy murmured with an easy smile of his own. "But I was being a gentleman, and that was just a teaser."

This next one wasn't going to be. He leaned in to actually kiss her this time, completely willing to show that yes, he could definitely do way better than that. There were a lot of situations in life where he was clumsy and uncoordinated, but kissing wasn't one of them.

And he rested one of his hands lightly on her shoulder, because he just felt more touching was better.