Mallory laughed, too, although her mind was now spinning back to a time when everyone in high school was sure they would get married right out of high school and have kids.
"Don't worry, I know what you mean," she said, quick to reassure him.
It was driving her nuts, not knowing if he had a girlfriend, even though it shouldn't matter in the least. It didn't, she determined. Because even if, by some miracle, he'd managed to stay single, she hadn't. And she loved Brian.
Finally she blurted out, "So ... uh, who have you been seeing lately?" She tried to make it sound like a random question that had popped into her head and meant nothing, not like it had been weighing on her mind for the past, oh, year or so.