"Wait, wait, wait!" Karla said, holding up her hand. "It's not like that! It isn't! We just wanted to see the two of you! Together! Meet her, see how you are together, when no one is watching."

Wait, no, that sounded wrong.

"Not like that. Not gross or hiding outside in the bushes somewhere." They'd discarded that plan. "But we didn't get to meet her like everyone else. So we wanted to see you both together for a little while and see for ourselves before making our introductions."