“What was that about?” Gabriella asked him. “I know Ariel being here isn’t ideal, but if she was shipwrecked, she at least knows her way around a boat.” “I almost kissed her today,” Eric said, and threw his hands up. “I don’t even know if she’s been on a ship. She can swim, I think, but we are heading to kill a witch. This is just another worry, and—” Vanni held up a hand. “Wait, what was that first thing you said, because I know it wasn’t what I heard?” “I almost kissed her,” whispered Eric. “What?” Vanni covered his face with his hands and screamed into them. “Why?” Gabriella collapsed into
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