“Sorry,” Jude said guiltily. He didn’t know if she meant that comment pointedly or not – he wasn’t sure how loud, exactly, they had been earlier – but he was grateful that it was still dark enough in here that she might not notice the full extent of his flushing.
“Oh, no, I was just thirsty,” he said, hastily lifting his glass of water in illustration – although, having looked at Leeny munching on that bread, his stomach had the indecency to rumble audibly at that very moment. Still, even if he was hungry, he hadn’t planned to – make himself so comfortable here as to eat them out of house and home by it. (He did feel worryingly comfortable here already, but – he was trying to be considerate. And unobtrusive. And usually more dressed than this.)
He took another sip of water, trying to match Eileen for ease, though she had the home advantage so was certainly still winning. “I’ll try and be quieter next time, though,” he added, both a joke and a promise.
“Oh, no, I was just thirsty,” he said, hastily lifting his glass of water in illustration – although, having looked at Leeny munching on that bread, his stomach had the indecency to rumble audibly at that very moment. Still, even if he was hungry, he hadn’t planned to – make himself so comfortable here as to eat them out of house and home by it. (He did feel worryingly comfortable here already, but – he was trying to be considerate. And unobtrusive. And usually more dressed than this.)
He took another sip of water, trying to match Eileen for ease, though she had the home advantage so was certainly still winning. “I’ll try and be quieter next time, though,” he added, both a joke and a promise.
