For a second, my heart stopped because I thought he was going to say something terrible like "That's going a little too far." I didn't think of it as going too far. I had never had a big brother, but I did have a little sister. I liked to think of Jake looking out for me the same was I look out for Lucy. But that required him seeing it the same way, too.

With his smile, I felt myself mimicking it, starting smile and growing to something so genuinely pleased that I couldn't help it.

"You got it," I said.