"So it's official, then? I'm not a one night stand?" he asked, his smile playfully coy. "Good to know."
He grew more serious at the following topic and found himself nodding before she had fully finished voicing it. "I agree. As I said before, I prefer discretion, but that's not the same thing as sneaking around. What we did tonight was an exception. We'd be idiots to let the Coterie in on our personal lives before we've done much to give a reason for gossip."
He turned his empty water glass between his hands, less a nervous gesture than just something to do with them. "No, if things keep going well, and we decide it's serious enough to warrant others knowing about it, then that's the day we stop being so careful about who sees us where." He cleared his throat. "If someone discovers before that, I'm not going to scramble around for excuses or act like this is something shameful. It isn't, and I refuse to give anyone that sort of leverage."
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He grew more serious at the following topic and found himself nodding before she had fully finished voicing it. "I agree. As I said before, I prefer discretion, but that's not the same thing as sneaking around. What we did tonight was an exception. We'd be idiots to let the Coterie in on our personal lives before we've done much to give a reason for gossip."
He turned his empty water glass between his hands, less a nervous gesture than just something to do with them. "No, if things keep going well, and we decide it's serious enough to warrant others knowing about it, then that's the day we stop being so careful about who sees us where." He cleared his throat. "If someone discovers before that, I'm not going to scramble around for excuses or act like this is something shameful. It isn't, and I refuse to give anyone that sort of leverage."