She chatted away with her brother for an hour or so, mostly about the stingrays, the coral reef dive, embarrassing the trio that had hit on them. "Sorry if I got a little carried away then. I just get so tired of guys just staring at these embarrassing things all the time. I wish there was a way for them to stare at my brain. I hate not being listened to."
Mike sat quietly next to her, letting her vent, knowing that she just needed someone to lay her troubles out to.
Finally, she took a break from her verbal rampage. Mike looked over and smiled. "I don't know how much this means, since I'm your brother and all, but I like you just the way you are."
She laughed at the corniness of his statement. "I think you have been in the sun too long," she said, laughing.
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