"I'll return the favor or, at the very least, die trying to," Hayley replied, a small part of her laughing at herself and her seemingly out-of-character mellowness. However, she felt something else inside her mind, a calculative, but satisfied tinge within her chest. Realizing that her 'other self' was now content to further study her relationship and not interfere with her life, she let out a contented sigh and moved in once again to take his lips into a shy, yet deep, kiss.