He grinned. "Well, we can try, I suppose. But I'm warning you now that I'm not a good friend for you." Behind his smile, the warning was real.
"You say that a lot," I noted, trying to ignore the sudden trembling in my stomach and keep my voice even.
"Yes, because you're not listening to me. I'm still waiting for you to believe it. If you're smart, you'll avoid me." "I think you've made your opinion on the subject of my intellect clear, too." My eyes narrowed.
He smiled apologetically.
"So, as long as I'm being… not smart, we'll try to be friends?" I struggled to sum up the confusing exchange.
"That sounds about right." I looked down at my hands wrapped around the lemonade bottle, not sure what to do now.
"What are you thinking?" he asked curiously.
I looked up into his deep gold eyes, became befuddled, and, as usual, blurted out the truth.
"I'm trying to figure out what you are." His jaw tightened, but he kept his smile in place with some effort.
"Are you having any luck with that?" he asked in an offhand tone.
"Not too much," I admitted.
He chuckled. "What are your theories?" I blushed. I had been vacillating during the last month between Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker. There was no way I was going to own up to that.
"Won't you tell me?" he asked, tilting his head to one side with a shockingly tempting smile.
I shook my head. "Too embarrassing." "That's really frustrating, you know," he complained.
Befuddled 糊里糊塗的
Offhand 隨便的
Vacillating 猶豫的
他咧嘴一笑：“好吧，我們可以試試看。但我有言在先，對你來說我不會是一個很好的朋友。”撇開他的笑容不說，這個警告絕對具有現實意義。
“你已經講過很多遍了。”我提醒他，努力讓自己的聲音顯得正常些，不去管胃裡突如其來的一陣抽搐。
“是的，那是因為你總不專心聽我說話。我會一直等著，直到你相信這一點為止。如果你足夠聰明，你就應該躲開我。”
“我認為，你針對我的智商這個話題所發表的意見也已經重複了很多遍了。”我眯縫起眼睛。
他一臉歉意地笑了笑。
“所以，如果我……不夠聰明，我們就要試著成為朋友了嗎？”我奮力總結出這個令人困惑的交換條件。
“聽起來，完全正確。”
我低下頭，看著自己交疊在檸檬水瓶上的雙手，不知道現在該說些什麼好。
“你在想什麼？”他好奇地問道。
我抬起頭，看進他深邃的金色雙眸裡，立刻被迷住了。然後，像往常一樣，實話脫口而出。
“我正在努力思考你到底是什麼人。”
他下巴一緊，但還是努力保持著恰如其分的微笑。
“有什麼進展嗎？”他唐突地問道。
“沒什麼進展。”我承認道。
他輕笑著：“那你的理論依據是什麼？”
我臉紅了。這一個月來我一直在布魯斯維尼（蝙蝠俠）和彼得帕克（蜘蛛俠）之間舉棋不定。但我實在不敢承認自己的這些念頭。
“你不想告訴我嗎？”他問道，嘴角掛著一抹太過誘人的微笑，慢慢地把頭側過我這邊來。
我用力搖頭：“太丟人。”
“你知道，這太讓人沮喪了。”他抱怨著。
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