... It really was kind of amazing that there wasn't just an audible sproing! to be heard when Jeremy's brain tried to catch up with what had just happened. See, he'd just been getting into the kissing again, because kissing was nice, and it was starting to be really nice with her, and then... Well, she'd stopped, and said something that was sort of not making any sense.

He wasn't running away. He also wasn't really getting it yet, either. He was, however, staring at her in an owlish, confused manner from the very close proximity.

"Wh-- huh?"

Yeah.