"I don't care what they think," Alice says firmly. "And you shouldn't either. They sound horribly dull to me." Then realizing, she quickly adds, "No offense to your parents, of course."

Oh. He was taking her feelings into account. That was rather sweet of him. It makes her heart flutter just slightly. She hastily clamps down on that feeling, though. She ruined her first impression with that kiss, she doesn't need to make things bad all over again by -- She shakes her head and looks back at her flowers. "I do prefer lilies," she nods. "Particularly tiger lilies." She gives him a little grin. "They're quite interesting conversationalists."