[His response gets a giggle out of her, but LB still has enough sense to pull herself back a bit -- a little more gracefully this time. However, before pulling away completely, her fingers slide to the cheeks of Alex's face, letting them linger there as she briefly smiles at him.]

Sorry -- heeheeheee -- but at least I made sure that you would be okay.

[Looking at his face for so long, though, LB starts to think about just how easy it would be to lean in just a little bit and--

--no, that wouldn't be good at all; she was probably pushing it with the hugging thing, as it was. Plus, LB still wasn't sure if he even liked her that way. Right, let's just keep the hands there before any other ideas start to form.]

But, uh, yeah! Heehee, thanks for putting up with it anyway.

Feeling her face flush again, she drops her hands to her sides