"Why on earth would I do that?" He looked honestly baffled (and somewhere, a little hurt), staring at her curiously from across the table. "This isn't a -- it's not Carrie, okay?" There was a beat, and a quick drink of water.

"I really like you, Annie, and I don't --it's not a trick. I might be an Aphrodite kid, yeah, but we can fall in love too, you know."