Re: Before the Show
Susan squeezed Dean's arm again in a sisterly fashion. "It's nice that you two had a moment and that you're not selling it," she said with a smile, after all, there was not much else she could say on the matter.
She lifted her eyebrows with interest. "Now that will be something to see. I'm interested that Parkinson approved it as well. Her family were very much into the whole blood purity thing." She lifted an eyebrow and gave him a long suffering expression. "Is that all I am to you Dean Thomas, a body? Oh the woes of a sexy woman."
"Well that's a relief," she replied, lifting her eyebrows at him meaningfully. The meaning would be lost on him of course, but she still felt it was a necessary action. The venom in Dean's voice was almost enough to make her break into peals of laughter, but she restrained herself to simply smiling enigmatically at him. There was nothing she could say after all that she hadn't said before.
She snorted and rolled her eyes at him. "You know I have no problem with nudity either, but I do find getting drawn nude a bit confronting - one, because it's usually freezing; two, because it makes you uncomfortable; and three, because the old self-esteem can take a bit of a battering
Susan nodded at Dean then examined the piece with great interest. "It's huge, and quite lovely," she surmised with a smile, before leaning closer to him. "What does Cadmus think of it, you're not his biggest fan if I remember correctly," she said in a conspiratorial whisper.