“That’s because it has been ages,” he quipped, still grinning; and not just because it was an easier response than actually trying to answer how are you? or how are things? with any real conviction.
Besides, if she’d been away, at least her stories would be interesting. And it sounded like things were going well for her – a completed apprenticeship, a blooming herbology career, travel and freedom and (he assumed, knowing her) plenty of adventure – so, honestly, that all might even be more refreshing than the drink.
“Yeah, I could... now?” Theo queried, caught off guard. He glanced along the street and back at her, teetering. “You don’t have plans?” Other plans. Probably more fun plans. It was, after all, New Year’s Eve. On the other hand: he had been looking for an excuse to drag his feet here for a while, hadn’t he? And if Gemma was only here for the holidays, then this might be the only opportunity to see her before she bounded off somewhere else. And the hopeful eyebrow waggle alone was making it hard not to laugh and give in; his mouth twitched, just a little.
Besides, if she’d been away, at least her stories would be interesting. And it sounded like things were going well for her – a completed apprenticeship, a blooming herbology career, travel and freedom and (he assumed, knowing her) plenty of adventure – so, honestly, that all might even be more refreshing than the drink.
“Yeah, I could... now?” Theo queried, caught off guard. He glanced along the street and back at her, teetering. “You don’t have plans?” Other plans. Probably more fun plans. It was, after all, New Year’s Eve. On the other hand: he had been looking for an excuse to drag his feet here for a while, hadn’t he? And if Gemma was only here for the holidays, then this might be the only opportunity to see her before she bounded off somewhere else. And the hopeful eyebrow waggle alone was making it hard not to laugh and give in; his mouth twitched, just a little.
