In the end, something else needed to be said. Their first date, before they were a couple, went something like this.

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- And why do we need to know that?! - Eliah demanded. I ignored him.

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- Sorry if I kept you waiting, Mat. - Sam said.

She had just come around a street corner, which is where they were going to meet. Samantha, who was with a longer hair, and was wearing a yellow headband, was wearing a large red sweater (underneath it she was wearing a white sleeveless blouse) and a pair of jeans. Mat was wearing black pleated pants and a jacket... Jean? Is that what you call it? Well... He had a striped shirt underneath as well. That's more or less what they looked like... I think.

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- It's okay, it's fine, it's fine. - Mathias replied, smiling. "I told her to come at 4, it's already going to be 5..." - So...

- Yes?

- You look beautiful. - he said, smiling. There were people walking by.

- Huh? - she blushed. - Hey, don't say that out loud.

- But why? If it's true...

- ...Let's go now.

- Yes, let's go!

They went to the movies. At Samantha's request, they ended up watching a romantic movie. It was fun. After that, Mat took her to a restaurant, one of the few in town. Yes, that's where they went.

- Mat.

- Tell me.

- Mat... If we were going to come here, we would have come in more formal clothes? - Samantha complained. And yes, the people here were a little more formal, but not that formal, so to speak.

- Why? This is not a fancy restaurant. - she said quietly. - So it's fine.

- If you say so... But it makes me a little uncomfortable anyway.

Somehow, for Sam, it went better than she expected. Mathias paid for everything. After that, Mat walked Sam home. Already at the door of her house.

- Mat, thanks for today! It was fun. - she was smiling, cheerful.

- Yes it was! So...

- Yes?

- Would you like to go on a date with me another day? - he asked.

- I would love to.

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After that, they said goodbye and Mat went back to his house.

"So... That went well, didn't it?" thought Mat.

- Wait a second. - Mat said to himself as he walked.

"Whew... I'm not used to this kind of thing... And neither is he." Samantha mused to herself in her room. "But it was fun... Wait a second..."

- We didn't talk about starting a relationship... - They said in unison in different places.

...They became a couple on the second date because they forgot to talk about it on the first date, as you have already witnessed.

In addition to this, the routine of these two changed a bit. They added these:

• Mathias would accompany Sam to go dress shopping (which in the end he only wore two or three times.) They both enjoyed this.

• Sam would accompany Mat in his daily activities, which were: helping other people, sweeping public spaces (for some reason), exercising, etc. It was tedious for him at first, but he got used to it and eventually liked it.

• Sam helped Mat, and Erin, with their studies. She was good at teaching.

• They went to the movies once in a while.

• Occasionally they talked on the phone in the evenings. They talked about anything. They enjoyed hearing each other's voices.

• After James got his driver's license, and his own car (His parents bought it for him. Mat's mother wanted to give him one too, but Mat didn't want one because he wanted to get it himself. Ah, Mat had a license too.), Mat, Sam and the others would occasionally go into town, for a drive. They reached only 5, but.

• Mat, Sam and Andrew went to the arcade, once in a while.

• Mathias started reading some books and doing some research so he could help Samantha write.

• Mathias and Samantha would fight from time to time, but it was over trivial things, and... They really only argued a little.

• Sam would force Mat to use his powers so that he would have more mastery over them. He would also take advantage of the moments when his mark was glowing to do so. He would form simple to quite complex figures. He went so far as to put together a functional Rubik's cube with his PSI Creations.

...This was boring, don't you think? But... This is very, very relevant to the story, I swear to you.