She might have narrowed her eyes a little as he moved to steady her, but aside from his theatrics at seeing her on-balance, his jibe seemed friendly enough, and his laugh more with her than at her, she thought. Gus wasn’t sure.
Still, she’d give the Chudley captain the benefit of the doubt; so she chuckled through her mouthful and then gulped it down in a hurry. “That’s what they’ve always told me,” she said cheerfully: she did better on a broom.
“Guess I must’ve flown a bit straighter than you last week, too,” Gus blurted out without thinking, surprised that she could’ve made first string when the captain of another team (usually decent, if not having the rank in this league to show for it) had not... and maybe it had been the elephant in the room, but even if she had been joking, it might have been smarter not to... mention it. Goddamnit, Gus!
She grinned sheepishly as if to say she’d been teasing, in case that went down better than the sheer bravado, but she supposed the awkwardness showed, because she lurched right into a change of subject, her voice a little high-pitched, “Food’s good here, isn’t it?”
Still, she’d give the Chudley captain the benefit of the doubt; so she chuckled through her mouthful and then gulped it down in a hurry. “That’s what they’ve always told me,” she said cheerfully: she did better on a broom.
“Guess I must’ve flown a bit straighter than you last week, too,” Gus blurted out without thinking, surprised that she could’ve made first string when the captain of another team (usually decent, if not having the rank in this league to show for it) had not... and maybe it had been the elephant in the room, but even if she had been joking, it might have been smarter not to... mention it. Goddamnit, Gus!
She grinned sheepishly as if to say she’d been teasing, in case that went down better than the sheer bravado, but she supposed the awkwardness showed, because she lurched right into a change of subject, her voice a little high-pitched, “Food’s good here, isn’t it?”
gorgeous set by Lady!