Encounters (Everett)

[Everett Lilien]

"Do you like pasta?" Everett asked. Most women did if he could recall. His sister was a prime example. When she suggested she'd bake something, he grinned. "Dessert? Ooh, surprise me." It was a wonderful offer, surprising coming from Faye and he was hoping that something good would come from this dinner, like maybe they wouldn't still be strangers who had made out a bar.

She didn't respond to his rambling with words, only with shrugging and the slight curling of her lips into a smile. "What? I'm passionate about my geekery, just as much as my cooking."