[For Rose, it was the same way, the two standing in silence for a long moment as they studied one another. Seeing him up close was like trying to grasp a memory that kept slipping through her feelings, flashes of emotion making her heart beat faster but the very second she tried to pin point what it was, it fell away, leaving her more confused than anything else.]

I don’t know. Was almost worth it just to see him wet himself.

[Smooth Rose. Real smooth, her smile grim as she looked down at her dress, wishing that she could erase the last five minutes and try this again. This was so not how she’d imagined this little introduction would go down. She was supposed to say something witty, he’d laugh and it would go from there. Instead. Champagne dress and awkward stranger groping. Good times.]

Is that like your thing? You generally jump on clumsy strangers who spill their drinks on women or am I special?

[That was meant to be a joke, something to lighten the mood but she found herself burning to know his answer, even if it was ridiculous for her to think that had been anything to do with her personally… Who was she kidding? Even if he denied it, she was going to pretend differently, at least in her head.]