Mina had a bit of pep in her step as they walked back to the front to pay for everything.   She watched with a happy smile on her face when the woman rang her stuff up, though the lingering touch the woman had made on Tarek's hand confused her.   Was that normal for them?   It would have been something flirty if it was a human girl touching a human boy but she wasn't sure if it was the same with beast people.  Mina eagerly took Tarek's hand wrapping both of her hands around his one big one, skipping faintly as they left the store with her fancy new outfits and shoes!   Eyes tilted up to Tarek as she grinned wide.<strong>   "Thank you!" </strong>She said it as close to the way he said as she could, it was obviously not perfect and deeply accented in human tongue but it did sound very much like "thank" at least.    She had meant to release his hand and get back in the car but was surprised to find them not heading back into the car after passing off the bags to the driver.   Instead she found herself following him with her brows raised, curious as to what or where they were going.  It didn't really much matter because she had fancy new shoes on!<br/><br/>Though she did get a bit shocked when Tarek moved them down the street to the bookstore.   Brows rose as she took in the outside before her mouth popped open a little when they stepped inside.   The shelves where closer to seven foot tall and the ceiling, 20 foot tall.   From the front of the store she could see at least two heads over the massive bookshelves, one obviously some kind of deer or impala with large pointy horns.   She followed Tarek to the front desk, openly staring around unable to help it.   She watched him pay for something and then they were leaving.   She climbed into the car first when it was obvious they were going back inside of it.   Her hands shifted to smooth the skirt over her bum as she settled.  Once he sat down she cocked her head up to him as he unwrapped the package from the bag and presented it to her.   She followed his finger were it pointed but couldn't put two and two together yet.   But when he pointed at her mouth and said her name the lightbulb went off.<strong>  "Tarek?"</strong>She made mimicking motions with her hand as if it was Tarek before she pointed at herself.<strong>"Speak?"</strong>She figured out that he was trying to say she would learn to speak his words.   Before he could say yes or no she was already opening the package wanting to look inside as to what came with it.   Was it books?  Movies?