He returned the kiss with a smile, before pulling out to the street toward home. "I dropped her off at my mom's." Although Nico was still a little shaky with his parents at times, he still loved his mother, and he knew that she loved Shay. She lived so close that it seemed criminal not to take advantage of her babysitting services. "I didn't really want her to have to hear about what happened, if you wanted to talk about it, you know?"
He hesitated a little. "Which we don't have to, by the way, if you're ready to just let it go."