"Well _we_ know we're not crazy," Sophia stated confidently. "We'll just keep this to ourselves then and see if we can find out more about the runes. Then maybe, just maybe we can go take a look at the cave again. But just the cave!" Sophia paused and grimaced a little before adding, "_If_ it's still there." Her smile returned again. "Anyway, how about for now we forget about that stuff and just relax?"

Tim agreed and Sophia shut down her laptop, closed it and put it to the side. They resumed eating their dinner and watching The Mask on tv. After the movie had finished Tim was getting tired and was ready to go home. On the way there both were relatively silent, neither discussing much or mentioning the short instance earlier in which they had held hands. Finally they were at Tim's apartment.

"Today was fun," Sophia said, putting on a smile. "I'll talk to you later, Tim. Just text me whenever you want to hang out again. Or... Or if something happens and you just need someone around."

"It was... fun," Tim agreed. "I'll text you later. Night."

"Good night," she replied, watching him get out of the car and disappear into his building.

Sophia drove back to her apartment and instantly went and flopped down on her bed, all the while in a dream-like state. As she lay in bed she looked at her right hand, wondering why she had done what she did. And why Tim had let her.