I have to wonder if you don't have that backwards.

[ Is that a dig at his earlier comment about losing that game he'd mentioned or something else? Either way, she seems to let it go with ease, disinterested in continuing that line of conversation.

It was probably the thumbs up that made her keep walking and find a table to sit down at. She scoots the chair in tightly and crosses her legs (then uncrosses them, almost self-consciously -- almost). ]

Um. So, have you seen Edward lately? [ She plays the nonchalant card, more interested in the others than him. ] I keep meaning to check in on him.