Taking the bottle of water, Verity shrugged and patted his knee. "The financial support? Ooh! You're my backup singer!" She stopped herself and looked at him. There were a lot of things she was good at, but singing wasn't one of them, unless by good you meant enthusiastic but horribly off-key. "You know, figuratively."
She took a swig of water and made a show of checking her watch. "Nine, eh?" She asked, sniffing appreciatively in the general direction of the food. "Whatever shall we do to kill the time?"