Gabriel stiffened all over when he grabbed her shoulder. She felt sick. Worse, she still couldn't bring herself to look him in the eye.

"She dared me to." After Gabriel had been stupid enough to take a dare, of course. But that wasn't the worst part.

"...I liked it."

Then she felt herself starting to get choked up. No. No. She couldn't cry like this. It was unseemly, and not fair to burden Raphael with.