It had been, like, a weird-ass day between talking to Summer and her class but, well...

She might not be going to ask Duke for romantic advice these days (having decided that that would be super cruel) but, like, since it was his birthday...

It was child's play to get to his boat and leave, in a conspicuous location, a brightly wrapped box (pink, with a blue ribbon, which probably hinted at who was the culprit). The card was simple, elegant handwriting, with: Happy birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love, Nina

Elegant was hard to manage with that many exclamation marks, but Nina was practiced at this sort of thing and managed just fine.

Inside the box were a half-dozen Pirate buns.

They were incredibly boozy ginger-citrus buns of deliciousness.

Well, like, as far as Nina was concerned. She wasn't actually sure if he'd like them but she hoped he did.