"It sure sounds like a date," Katie responded, laughing through the other girl's insistence that it wasn't. "A date between two playground enemies. Didn't you ever hear that you're supposed to make fun of the boy or girl you like?"
Rolling her eyes as the moment died down, Katie took a sip of her own water before raising her eyebrow playfully. "Verity. This'll be my replacement now, is it? Needed to even out the female ratio in our group again, yeah?"