"I did it! I made someone happy!" She smiled all over her face.
"Hey?" said he.
"I kissed..." She named the name of her best friend.
He didn't say anything, though he was her other best friend. But he appeared alarmed.
"Don't worry", she said. "On the cheek."
"I'm always counting on that", he said.
"You always count on that", she said.
Now he smiled, too.
"Well", he said. "I would have kissed her on the cheek as well. But I doubt it would have made her happy."
"You got all the tenses right this time!" She was impressed.
"Yes", he agreed. "I was definitely tense saying this!"