"Later. I gotta get going. If Mom finds out I snuck out after curfew again, having the watch get taken away is gonna be the least of my problems."

It was a cop-out excuse, and he knew it. Heck, Gwen probably knew it, too. However, he needed some space to let it all sink in. For one thing, this meant he'd had a slight crush on his own cousin for a while now. (Yuck yuck yuck!) For another, it wasn't just any cousin but the one who got straight A's, had a black belt (probably...he couldn't remember), and seemed like she could literally do anything.