It was not long before Lance returned her gaze. The eye contact was soon followed by an explanation, and Tawny was surprised by his smile. So he had somehow known how Lucas felt about Naomi. Either that, or she was the one who had not been observant from the start. Regardless, with everything else going on, she was at least glad to be able to start a conversation with one of her friends instead of having to just awkwardly listen in. She had always thought Lance was pretty cool. Despite his tendency to be blunt, she could see that he really cared about his friends.

"I don't know about less weird, but it's definitely interesting to see," she stated in response to his question. She then returned his smile. "It was... rather sweet of you to give him that encouragement."

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