"Aren't y--" Karla realized that she didn't actually know if Ben had told his father about Tahiri and certainly wasn't about to accidentally share that. "At sorta-sixteen, I am not making any future plans based on who I'm dating now," she amended quickly. "I'm not that foolish."

Wait--was that the right answer? Maybe she should have gone the 'and we're deliriously happy route'? Dammit.