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"Well, guess I'd better get back to class now," she said. "And you should too, Mr. Time Stop; doing whatever you want."

I laughed. "Don't act like you didn't enjoy it, too."

She giggled, grinning once more enough to make her nose crinkle.

"Thanks for the wonderful time," she said. "This was so awesome—I'll never forget this for the rest of my life, promise."

"Same here," I warmly replied before she leaned in and gave me one final quick kiss. I then took her by the hand and led her back to the outskirts of the restrooms where I had first stopped time.

"This is where we were, huh?" she asked. "When you did your magic, I mean?"

"Yep," I calmly replied as I came to a halt and turned to her, our hands falling away from each other.

"How are you able to do it anyway?" she wondered. "Did you learn some kind of dark magic or maybe a dying wizard gave you a book of spells?"

I couldn't help but laugh. She was more imaginative than I was. "To tell you the truth, I really don't know," I replied, p