"How about an overzealous meow or - or even a peaceful purr?" she suggested, her cheeks redder than they had been in a long time and the sun hadn't even helped! "Though in all seriousness, I really don't think it's a date. Not a real one, anyway. Neither of us really know each other and wouldn't he have called it a quote-unquote date if he intended it to be one?" She really had no experience where boys were concerned and if this happened to go somewhere, on the really big off chance, she intended to make Rose help her.
"Oh, it's melting, especially today," she said, her eyes closed for a moment until the brain freeze passed. "That was all your fault," she muttered, hardly meaning it. "And I think it's a bit too hot for coffee today."
She took one of the cherries out of her dish and ate it, depositing the stem on a napkin. "So, now that you've properly embarrassed me as much as you can today, it's your turn. I want to hear all about your new husband and the honeymoon, and anything else you want to tell me!"