Henry chuckled at Kitty's brain freeze, then stopped as he realized that she was serious - that she really thought she'd been poisoned. "<strong>Hold still,</strong>" he instructed, placing a hand on the back of her neck, and the thumb and forefinger of the other hand across the bridge of her nose. "<strong>You're suffering from an instant sinus headache caused by introducing too much cold into your system too fast. My grandma called it The Shivers, but everyone else I know calls it Brain Freeze.</strong>"<br/><br/>He continued to hold her until the pain went away. "<strong>Feeling better now?</strong>" he asked with a smile, then reached for his shake. "<strong>Mine is green because it's peppermint, my favorite sweet,</strong>" he explained. "<strong>And she does this because when she needed help, she couldn't afford my standard rates, but I helped her anyway. I took half of what she was offering, which was about a tenth of what I charge most people, and waived the rest. When I tried to get her to stop... well, she said, <em>I'll stop when I decide it's time to kick your ass to the curb,</em> or something close to that.</strong>"<br/><br/>He took a long sip of his peppermint shake. "<strong>She didn't even offer peppermint for shakes before that.</strong>" Sliding his shake toward Kitten, he suggested, "<strong>Here, try it. A small sip, not a lot.</strong>"<br/><br/>He watched her while she tried, clearly more timidly than she had the first time. He was starting to understand just how much she didn't know, how much she had to learn. "<strong>Okay,</strong>" he chuckled, "<strong>That's enough. You've got your own shake to work on.</strong>"<br/><br/>Denise returned with the burgers, and an extra plate of fries. "Come on, Denise," Henry protested, "we don't need all this."<br/><br/>Denise looked at him, looked at Kitty, then pointed at the food and said, "<strong>Shut up and eat.</strong>" She winked at Kitty to show that she wasn't truly serious about it, then turned and left again.<br/><br/>Henry watched her go, a small smile on his face, shaking his head. "<strong>This is why I don't marry her - she feeds me better now than she would if I was her husband,</strong>" he joked. "<strong>Well, that, and the fact that she's already married.</strong>"<br/>