Torie was listening as Basil went on... and on. Sure she may have once fancied what a life with Basil would be like, but that had shot out the window (for good reason!); and then so had any chance she'd had with Atticus; and now she could finally, finally see something lasting and true with Anthony, Basil was coming out with all of this? No, he must have had far too much to drink. He was just teasing her.

"Just how drunk are you darling?" She chuckled, but it still had a bit of a nervous lilt to it. She knew he had a heart, he had confessed to having feelings for someone else to her! What had happened to that?

As he caught her hand in both of his, she started, staring at him with furrowed brows and concern. "I think we should find you something without alcohol in it, maybe a snack." Anything to tone this down. This certainly wouldn't help their plan to gracefully back out of anything public they had started! Gently she squeezed his hand and made to retract hers, but found his grip to be quite tight. "Don't be silly, Basil, come let's get you some lemonade." Or some water, anything.