"Always told you London was better. Kangaroo rider? The flying rat not enough for unusual pets for you?" He paused at her next comment and took a long drink before answering honestly. "You and I were never just friends Kitty." That much was true, and he didn't think 'just friends' covered them even now. At least he hoped not.
Pete raised an eyebrow at her and gave her a skeptical look at that terribly unconvincing lie. "That's the worst bleedin' lie I've ever heard from you. Has nothing to do with the chaos going on around here or that xman? If you really wanted football, you could've brought a mate here of watched it at your fancy mansion. Only reason that you're not is that you want to get away from all that, am I right?"