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“I like those boots,” Anne said immediately They were a pair of brown boots that extended upht off

“Thanks,” I said I looked up and down her body, looking for so to compliment other than her hair “I like your jacket”

“Thanks,” she said back to me We walked in silence for a few more moments before she said, “So, he's your brother”

“Yep Well, my stepbrother anyway,” I said

“So that must be why he's not your type,” she said

She was clearly fishing for some kind of response “There's more to it than that”

She perked up a little bit “Really?”

Oops, that ht “Yeah, really He was a real jerk to ether as kids,” I clarified

“Oh” A silence hung in the air for anotheryou uncomfortable Mind if I tell a joke?”

It was the last thing I expected “Sure, go ahead”

She smiled “What do you call a lesbian dinosaur?”

I laughed, already thinking the joke was funny “I don't know, Anne, what do you call a lesbian dinosaur?”

“A lickalotapuss!” She began to laugh at her own joke

I couldn't help but laugh too, even though I wasn't sure what dinosaur she was supposed to be referencing “I ah ended

“Figures,” Anne said, still laughing “How about a Bi-rannosaurus Rex?”