"So, what are you going to dress up as?
"A character from a book," I say, vaguely, Lea playfully responding,
"Knowing you, it's not just any book...hmm. Let me think..." Tilting her head in mock contemplation, index finger at her jaw. We'd always do this, it started when we were kids, and a person on our favorite tv show (who had terrible acting skills) would always do that when she was thinking about something 'real hard.'
"Knowing you, it has to have a classy style to it, I would guess 'the 3 musketeers', but that's not all your forte, probably something dramatic..." Spreading her arms out wide, in a eccentric gesture, "and romantic, or better yet, a forbidden romance," Wiggling her eyebrows. Giggling, she knows my favorite books all too well.
"Well, the stories do say they were young, and Juliet wasn't all too smart, but women weren't really educated back then. But they do say 'love is blind', though I personally believe it's based on experience, and time, rather than a 'pretty face.'