“We could make it a private ceremony. You can be the officiant and we’ll do it one night when she’s sleeping.”

“I can’t do that? Hook my friend up to a complete stranger for life.” Zoe refused.

“Only until the first kiss,” Ryan corrected. “After that I’ll be a frog again and you can both go back to your real lives.”

“That’s if you turn back into a frog.”

“I will turn back into a frog,” Ryan promised. “You know, I really get the feeling you don’t believe me on this.”

“When you were sitting on that lily pad catching flies on your tongue, before the wizard came along, would you have believed any of this?”

“Well, I guess not,” Ryan admitted.

“Speaking of tongues, is your…?” Zoe blushed.

“Uhm, normal, perfectly normal,” Ryan stammered. “For a human that is.”

“Oh,” it bothered Zoe that she was a little disappointed. “Well, I’m sure Sarah won’t mind.”

“Sarah?”

“Yes, my friend. The one I’m tricking into marrying you.

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I can’t believe I just said that…”