Kentin tried hard not to give Bridget's father direct eye contact. The way Philip was looking at Kentin made the young man remember a conversation his parents once had and how they joked about Kentin being born a girl. Kentin remembered in particular the part where Giles had joked about using every surveillance system given to the military to track any of female Kentin's potential suitors. Right now, purposely avoiding the gaze Philip was giving him, Kentin felt that Bridget's father would have attempted something similar if he had the resources.

"Bridge!" Philip shouted, "Kentin's waiting for you!"

As if it were a response, a crash was heard that came from Bridget's room.

"I, uh... I'm having some closet problems." Bridget then shouted after the men had gotten in a position ready to bolt to see what had happened. "I will... I'll be done in a few."

Knowing this, Kentin absolutely could not stand being alone near Philip any longer.

"May I go up to check on her?" Kentin asked, almost looking Philip in the eye.

"Knock before you go in." Philip said. Kentin nodded in agreement then quickly started to go up to Bridget's room and out of her father's eye range. Doing as he had promised, Kentin knocked on Bridget door and waited for her to say 'Come in' before entering her room. When he opened the door, Kentin was greeting with Bridget tying a belt onto her pink kimono styled shirt and one of her shoes was on the floor while its friend was on her foot.

"I know you're a bit wary about Kentin, Dad." Bridget said, not even looking at Kentin as she put her other shoe on, "But he's really a sweet guy- and he can protect me if someone tries something!"

Kentin opened his mouth to correct her, but she kept going without realizing that it was him.

"I know what you're thinking," Bridget said as she started to walk toward Kentin, "Kentin is kind of like Viktor in the sense he'd never let anything happen to me, but Kentin really knows self defense- unlike Viktor who just stared people down. Everything will be fine, just trust me, okay?"

Without so much as looking at Kentin, Bridget gave him a kiss as she walked by.

"I'll see you soon." she said before heading out the door. Kentin turned around and saw her pause for a moment when she finally realized that it wasn't her father she had kissed. Bridget whipped her head around with a look of fear and embarrassment etched on her face.

"That didn't happen." Bridget quickly told him- her face growing red.

"What happened?" Kentin asked with a shrug. The goofy smile on his face knew full well what had happened, and it made Bridget give a small smile back.

"Are you ready to go then?" Bridget asked him.

"Been ready." Kentin told her with a beaming smile. "Just one thing."

"Oh?"

"Who's Viktor?"

Bridget looked at him slyly as she thought of her answer.

"I'll tell you," she said, "After you buy me cotton candy at the boardwalk."

Kentin weighed his options for a moment, then nodded with agreement.

"Deal."