When she turned around he was pretty sure that his face darkened at least three shades. Of course he couldn't be completely sure. His entire body seemed to go numb in that moment. In that moment he turned into nothing but a gooey blob of stupid. Nothing he would have said or done would have been good enough. If he were to open his mouth would real words even come out?

"No. You heard right. I just had to make sure that it was you. My friend mentioned you earlier. Evolette McKenna?" He explained. It was more logical to say that it was Evee than to say that it was Piper. Logic was all he could maintain. Part of his brain was telling him that there was a silly grin on his face, but at least he had control of the words that passed his lips ... sort of.

His eyes scanned her once more, unable to help himself. The way she stood seemed to be perfectly natural, and perfectly calculated. Everything from that one cocked hip to the way she'd flipped her hair over her shoulder was perfect. On anyone else it would have looked practiced. Forced even. No girl had that kind of grace. But Wes already knew that Karma wasn't just some other girl. He had to force himself to take another breath.