Alice realized she'd been caught when Megan looked at her and waved. She flushed slightly and gave her a small smile and her own wave in return.
"Hi." She shook her head, trying to clear it and make sense of what she was seeing at the same time. "Sorry to stare..." She paused a moment and then glanced back at Megan. "I guess I'm just not used to people appearing out of thin air."
She was folding some towels on the top of one of the top loading washers, although they were a bit sloppy now because she wasn't paying as much attention as she should to them.