Theo helped her to her feet and wrapped an arm around her waist to take some of her weight as they walked out to the great room. "Funny, how we've known each other half our lives and yet - "
"Never really talked much," she finished for him. Her voice was a little wistful as she continued. "Maybe we'd have been better off last summer if we'd talked more and spent less time - "
He couldn't resist the pun - it was one of his greatest weaknesses. "Going at it like bunnies?"
That earned him a shout of laughter and a punch in the arm. "Bad Theo. No lame rabbit jokes before dinner."
"Well, I wasn't going to call you lame. Just a bit gimpy."
She slugged him again then sat down across at the big oak table while Theo brought over bowls of soup and a box of saltines then poured coffee and sat down across from her. Watching her nose twitch as she inhaled the aroma of the canned chicken soup reminded him again of her weird transformation.