"Oh, you didn't scare me, I was just... well... I was just." He smiled simply. "You startled me," he clarified. He picked up the necklace and replaced it on one of those little metal trees jewelry stores always hang necklaces from. At least now his hands were steadier. He took a calming breath. She's just a girl, he told himself. And a nice one, too. Stop acting like such a spaz.
He looked down at her bag, a little confused. What kind of kit did she mean? A medic's kit? Or a model airplane kit. Ooh! Or some kind of satanic ritual kit! At that one he giggled out loud. "Uh, what's in there?" he asked, trying to cover uop his seemingly random laughter. "What kind of kit?"
Simon tried to think whether or not he knew Ita. Well, maybe she was the blonde girl with big eyes he'd seen Jillian with sometimes around school. They'd seemed friendly enough. "Really?" he asked. "She must be a pretty good friend if you're coming in here for her present. I just gave people origami." He wanted to explain to Jillian that it was awesome, intricate origami that he'd worked pretty hard on. But in all actuality, it was just lame folded paper.