Oh, of course. It couldn’t just be that’s right, the Cannons, could it? It had to be Lestrange mentioned you, and if his mouth went dry or his stomach did a stupid little flip he just had to ignore it; instead Theo trained his gaze purposefully on the board as Greengrass moved a pawn out, although suddenly he wasn’t thinking about chess at all.
“Oh –” he managed in a tone that was appropriately neutral-to-pleasantly-surprised, selecting a pawn to move entirely at random and trying to come up with something normal to say to that, “– you know Lestrange?” Really the question itching in the back of his mind was what did he say about me? but that was – incredibly moronic, because presumably sometimes Chudley players did have to mention people like their sponsor in passing. And, well, it wasn’t like Lestrange would have said anything else.
So he glanced up again with a little genuine curiosity, though he was half hoping Greengrass would be too busy making his next chess move to explain just how well he knew Cash.
“Oh –” he managed in a tone that was appropriately neutral-to-pleasantly-surprised, selecting a pawn to move entirely at random and trying to come up with something normal to say to that, “– you know Lestrange?” Really the question itching in the back of his mind was what did he say about me? but that was – incredibly moronic, because presumably sometimes Chudley players did have to mention people like their sponsor in passing. And, well, it wasn’t like Lestrange would have said anything else.
So he glanced up again with a little genuine curiosity, though he was half hoping Greengrass would be too busy making his next chess move to explain just how well he knew Cash.
