Of course there were things she did with her time, but she nearly always grew bored of them. Though she was not yet bored of him, in spite of her impatience with small talk – and he knew that full well, she fancied. He was teasing her. She shot him a look to say oh, I think you know.
“Alright, then – I like leisure sports, if you must know,” she said lightly. True enough; she had run the club at school. Games, sports, anything physical. “Anything competitive, and any challenge at all. I like trying new things, mostly,” Mattie added, and if this were small talk then it was was all not to be thought on or taken seriously, even if she did mean it: she liked things she could win, and getting her way. She paused to drain her champagne – so that she could move on to whiskey, or to have her hands free again; and looked back at him meaningfully, tongue in cheek. What else could they do, indeed? “And I favour action over words. What about you – what is it you like to do?”
“Alright, then – I like leisure sports, if you must know,” she said lightly. True enough; she had run the club at school. Games, sports, anything physical. “Anything competitive, and any challenge at all. I like trying new things, mostly,” Mattie added, and if this were small talk then it was was all not to be thought on or taken seriously, even if she did mean it: she liked things she could win, and getting her way. She paused to drain her champagne – so that she could move on to whiskey, or to have her hands free again; and looked back at him meaningfully, tongue in cheek. What else could they do, indeed? “And I favour action over words. What about you – what is it you like to do?”
