Effie – didn’t know what she had been expecting, but that had not been it.
She startled where she was sitting, eyes widening at Hanna, who was... all academic curiosity, it looked like. Where in God’s name had this come from?
Effie feigned confusion and a cough, the latter mostly because it felt like her throat had closed up in absolute betrayal. “What do you mean, being with?” she asked, cautiously. Her friend might have a habit of directness, but it would be worse if she was mistaken, and Hanna wasn’t actually asking about...that.
She startled where she was sitting, eyes widening at Hanna, who was... all academic curiosity, it looked like. Where in God’s name had this come from?
Effie feigned confusion and a cough, the latter mostly because it felt like her throat had closed up in absolute betrayal. “What do you mean, being with?” she asked, cautiously. Her friend might have a habit of directness, but it would be worse if she was mistaken, and Hanna wasn’t actually asking about...that.
