Abby could not believe what she was hearing… Was he truly an exception or was it just a fluke? He had been sitting directly next to her the entire time and she seemed not to notice… And, for the first time, she had genuine fun playing with someone else… He went that far just to trick her into playing a game with him— he definitely seemed like a nice person who truly cared about her… She had never felt such warmth from someone other than Alex in what seemed like forever in her mind.
"So, what do you say? Rematch?"
She heard that voice once again, as she looked up with her eyes that she only just now recognized were crying tears of joy and spoke…
"Yes… That would be lovely… B-b-but please stay on the other side of the couch…"
Moby smiled at her words and felt relief in his heart that drowned out all his senses. He seemed to have finally broken through the first barrier.
