Earnest giggled and squirmed, making the occasional muffled 'meep' or 'urk!', then finally tried a most vicious battle tactic and gave her a quick peck on the cheek before going turtle again.

"Do you want to watch this movie?" asked Frank, finding himself to have a hankering for it now that he had it open. "It's pretty good. Better than the one that they did back in 200_."