"I have to admit it tasted a little like regret," Thomas joked and Serenity nearly choked on her coffee. Thomas looked over at her and smiled. "We had fun together, OD incidents notwithstanding. She was always trying to feed me up."
"If you think he's skinny now," Serenity said, shaking her head. "I could almost wrap my hands around him."
"I'm just naturally scrawny!" he protested. "Oh! Once she spit in the face of someone who was calling me some rather colourful names. Right in his face. And when he tried to hit her, she kicked his knee in so he fell forward and then she grabbed my hand and we ran and hid. Ah, youth."