Isla
"You know, I thought I did," Isla says. Know better, she means. "Now I'm not so sure." Even less so as the candid admission spills from the aviator's lips, leaving her with pink cheeks and the inexplicable urge to laugh. "Well, all things considered, if you were flirting with me, you're doing quite a good job. Though I do have to ask - what has changed?"
Pausing, because she understands what she's asking and doesn't want to insult Everest by accident, the medic tries again. "All I mean to say is that you seem much more carefree than usual. I hope it's for a good reason, is all." The sort of reason born of good days and good choices, rather than lowered inhibitions leading to regret the morning after.
As for their imagined scenario, Isla nods to him, despite rapidly losing interest in it. "Even then. People react quite reliably, I find. I wouldn't want to go on a second date with someone I found incompatible based on their reactions."
Pausing, because she understands what she's asking and doesn't want to insult Everest by accident, the medic tries again. "All I mean to say is that you seem much more carefree than usual. I hope it's for a good reason, is all." The sort of reason born of good days and good choices, rather than lowered inhibitions leading to regret the morning after.
As for their imagined scenario, Isla nods to him, despite rapidly losing interest in it. "Even then. People react quite reliably, I find. I wouldn't want to go on a second date with someone I found incompatible based on their reactions."
I'll take a bruise, I know you're worth it
When you hit me, hit me hard
When you hit me, hit me hard
