"Belle, I will help you out in every way I possibly can, but unfortunately, neither my love or my money can stand up against the hormones of a teenage girl", she said, and she actually did look quite sympathetic to her new daughter's situation. The breeze blowing through her hair as the car raced down the road was rather refreshing, and with the sun high in the sky and the temperature rising, maybe her outfit too was actually preferable to a pair of pants.
"Maybe the strangeness will pass. Today these feelings are all new, but maybe in a couple of months, and certainly in a couple of years, you'll have grown used to the idea. It sounds as if you want to be around these boys, but it's just your memories of what you used to prefer that is causing the embarrassment?", she suggested, glancing back at Candace who was hugging her bunny in her sleep and smiling.