Kathy held up a finger, asking for a moment while she closed her eyes and just breathed. Still friends. Thank god. That was huge and she couldn't help but beam her relief.

"That's--that's pretty much perfect," she said, opening her eyes again. "I was a little worried--you just broke up with Nathan and I didn't want to be some kind of, like, rebound for you. I'm counting down the days until I get my college acceptance letters, you know? Neither of us are in a place to try to turn this into some kind of...deathless romance thing, even if we were of a mind to."

Was Kathy still nurturing a crush? Hell yes. But she was still pragmatic enough to know that that didn't equate out to a relationship.

"And as for sleeping together..." She leaned forward a little, letting him get a glimpse down her bikini top, a spark in her eyes that he'd recognize from the previous week. "I'm sure we can work something out."

She'd known him a lot longer than either Dante or Ezra and she enjoyed sleeping with both of them on the regular.