"God, I love you, you know that right." She smiled teasingly at him, sending his hand one of her looks before taking it, "And none of that fancy pancy, your-a-girl-so-I'm-going-to-be-way-to-polite, stuff. We're friends so stop it."
Thomas couldn't help it. For a moment, he grinned at her words as well as the fact she actually took his hand. She could be so touchy when it came to being treated with any kind of chivalry. He smirked, "But you are a girl as well as my friend."
Seeing the amount of people entering the book store, Aurora invited Flavia to come with them before rushing out the door at a speed that he did not think possible without running into someone in the crowd. When she was out the door, she turned her head back and said, "Come on Tom, lets hurry! I need a broom right now and you and me could maybe fly to Gaol!"
"I really hope that you're joking about that!" he called out to her as he rushed after her. Damn, she could be fast if she wanted to. As he ran after her, he allowed himself to think about what his father would think about this. He knew that he didn't exactly approve of his "association with that crazy Acquila girl". For some reason, Senator Decius worried that Aurora would get him into some type of trouble that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
"You know, I have a hard enough time convincing my dad that you aren't so bad without you landing us into detention," he teased her as they reached the broom shop. He eyed the brooms. Hopefully, there was another Aether V.
"And my mother wonders why you didn't visit us this, Summer."