Ari drank the second cup of water almost as quickly as the first, though she managed not to cough this time. At Aud's dramatic statement, though, she rolled over, lying sideways to watch her friend's graceless collapse onto the bed.
"Well, I gathered that much," she said. "Was it any good? It so often is when you think you hate someone -- and I'm sorry," she said quickly, just in case Aud was still in possession of her faculties enough to throw a pillow or something at her, "that was probably not the question I was supposed to ask. But, well, it happens sometimes, doesn't it?"
Not to her, with Miles, but she didn't see why it was a matter of much concern, in the end. Except the fact that Aud and Miles were a bit like territorial cats with each other at times...