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    “We were engaged,” she mumbled. Kurt could tell
the past tense was because it had been broken off and not because it had turned
into a marriage. He was eager to know more, but thought it would be tactless to
pry further. Despite her sadness he couldn’t help but feel something akin to
excitement inside. It was knowing she was no longer tied down to Tyler that
made him feel it because, after all this time, he still felt a draw to her that
he had never felt with another woman. Not even his ex-girlfriend, the girl he
had been in a relationship with for three years. Not even she ever elicited
such a reaction from him. He had loved her, but was never in love and that was part of the reason he decided to end things.

 
    “Oh,” he said somberly.

 
    He knew the standard was to say he was sorry to
hear that, but that would have been a blatant lie. He was only sorry she was
hurting from it. He wanted to reach out and pat her on the shoulder, but then
figured that would probably end up being more awkward than comforting. He
cleared his throat and asked, “Are you hungry?”

 
    Claire nodded. He made a sweeping motion with
his hand toward the table covered out in drinks and finger foods, stepping in
line to walk behind her as she made her way to it.

 
    Kurt watched as she reached for a paper plate
and then looked at all the options in front of her. The first thing she reached
for was one of the ham sandwiches.

 
    “Excuse me,” he said sternly, “Those are mine.”

 
    Claire glared at him and snatched it up
quickly. “They're here with all the other food so I think they're fair game.” She
smirked and stuck her arm out as if she were going to reach for another ham
sandwich triangle. Kurt frowned at her and narrowed his eyes, trying to look as
seriously threatening as possible, but this only made her giggle.

 
    And her giggle made his stomach clench. It was
a charming sound. It was even better than he remembered it being. What else
about her had only become more charming and likeable with age? That was
something he really wanted to find out. He reached out to grab a paper plate of
his own and swiftly took up a couple of the small ham sandwich triangles before
looking over what else his mother had prepared. The two of them fixed their
plates in silence and grabbed a drink, before turning to look at each other. It
was somewhat awkward but there was a look in Claire’s eyes that was reeling him
in and making him wonder what it meant.

 
    “Why are you being weird? It’s making this
awkward,” she said suddenly. Her tone was light, but he knew she was being
serious.

 
    Kurt gulped. This was unlike him. Despite the
fact that he preferred smaller gatherings or even being alone, he was great at
talking to people and entertaining. He never had trouble talking to women. But
there was something about Claire that put a bit of a kink in that system and
made him run like an old sputtering car.

 
    “Just been a while,” he replied simply. He
nodded toward the kitchen where he knew the breakfast table was unoccupied save
for a small vase of flowers his mother had set in the middle in case someone
went in there.

 
      “Want to
eat at the table in the breakfast nook?”

 
    “Sure,” she said before turning around and
heading straight toward it. Kurt watched her ample hips sway from side to side
as she walked. She was wearing a simple thigh-length sundress that was loose
fitting, but clung to her attractive curves. He admired her long, toned legs as
she walked and the way she looked when she sat down. At first he thought it
would be best if she didn’t catch him staring, but then he figured it might be
okay.

 
    He wanted to see her again after the party. He
wanted to explore avenues with her he hadn’t been able to do back when he was
in love with her. Setting aside, he had no clue how long ago she had actually
broken up with Tyler or if she was even single. Not to mention, the fact