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She laughed, and he took a step back. Her behavior was making him feel uneasy -- but really, her emotional rollercoaster was nothing compared to the one he would soon experience with Finley. Elwood shook his head again, harder this time, as Grimm insisted that he and Finley had been fooling around for months.

"We haven't done anything," he retorted, now starting to feel a little frustrated. But she was turning to leave, and he didn't move to stop her. Since when had a little innocent intercourse become such a complicated thing? Not that he had any prior experience to refer to, but wasn't "hooking up" supposed to be just that -- no strings attached?

Normally, he might have understood her consternation, but it seemed that the logical portion of Elwood's brain had decided to take a week-long hiatus.