Re: Gabe + Nesryn + Open to anyone
He breathed a silent sigh of relief, glad to see Nesryn's smile return and light up her eyes. He shook his head, again a rueful grin at her comment regarding him 'finding someone'. There had been a tradition of arranged marriages in his family's history, but his own mother and father had bucked against that, their own union having come without anyone else's interference or any introductions. So he and his sister had been spared the uncomfortable courtships and liaisons enforced on some of his cousins.
"As they say, plenty of fish in the sea," he contributed, then with a grin added, "not that I can see myself cosying up with a cod, or cuttlefish!"
No! Please, don't start that now... we like Nesryn, so stop inflicting her with this!
Settle, she's a friend, and doesn't have the same opinion of my jokes as you.
She doesn't have to hear every one of them, over and over and over...
"Sorry, I've been told I need to apologise for my humour," he told her with a roll of his eyes and a glance down at his left side.