You don't have anything to be sorry for. If he finds out, I'll say it was my fault.
[Which it was, kind of. So, technicalities.]
We're in the same boat as far as that goes. No idea where we are, or how I got here. Pretty sure I wouldn't be allowed past the porch, either.
[This is absolutely not the time to be making jokes, but she really can't help herself sometimes. She's quiet again when he sits, and it's about all she can do to keep from cringing at his expression.]
We've met before.
[Obviously she can't tell him everything. There's no way he'd believe it, and quite frankly, she wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't lived it.
His questions should've given her an easy in, but she's never really lied to him before and she doesn't want to start now.]
I'm sure they're looking for you. [Except she's pretty sure she knows how this story ends, and she can't seem to really remember much about what he'd told her about his family.]
no subject
[Which it was, kind of. So, technicalities.]
We're in the same boat as far as that goes. No idea where we are, or how I got here. Pretty sure I wouldn't be allowed past the porch, either.
[This is absolutely not the time to be making jokes, but she really can't help herself sometimes. She's quiet again when he sits, and it's about all she can do to keep from cringing at his expression.]
We've met before.
[Obviously she can't tell him everything. There's no way he'd believe it, and quite frankly, she wouldn't have believed it if she hadn't lived it.
His questions should've given her an easy in, but she's never really lied to him before and she doesn't want to start now.]
I'm sure they're looking for you. [Except she's pretty sure she knows how this story ends, and she can't seem to really remember much about what he'd told her about his family.]
What else has he said?