Re: Evans & Peel: Marta F & Noah N
Marta could use a little more buoyancy, but the alcohol was at least beginning to give her a bit of a blanket from the night's earlier confusion and internal trauma. She'd reached the point where she wasn't feeling guilty about breaking her sobriety with a drink (or a few), because they were cushioning her from that guilt. It meant she could have another without feeling bad about it. And that lack of guilt but a smile back on her face that was a little closer to real.
Even though Noah almost instantly forgot about his offer to share his drink, Marta wouldn't have accepted anyway. She didn't like Scotch in general, and even under the cotton-fluff of alcoholic protection, she knew that the taste of it would only remind her of Seven. And the night they met. No, she'd stick with the r&c, if she could make her way back to the bar to order another.
In a minute though, in a minute. She listened more intently to Noah, though her eyebrows skyrocketed when he started talking about Holly and sleeping together. From her side of the conversation with Holly earlier, she wouldn't have guessed that sex was going to be the outcome. And she definitely thought it was sex and not sleep. "You could? Are you meeting him here? If you are, then you should probably find him..."