"S'fine." It was nothing compared to the amount of attention Albie had got when his parents' divorce had been first announced. He'd survive a bit of gossip and Maria was the only person that he'd cared about to hear from anyway. Complaining about it with her over text had actually been kind of nice.
"Yeah, I guess." Albie rested his head against hers, licking his lips as he tried to figure out what to say. "Do you think... I mean, we never really talk about it or anything, but would you say we're official?" His stomach felt like it was doing cartwheels.