SPOILER!!: Stunned enough to share his steak??
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Chief. Did she just call him Chief? As in a friendly greeting, and an offer for him to sit down in the space she'd cleared? Anderson had to admit, he wasn't expecting that. It floored him, mentally, for a few seconds; and he ended up staring at her. Just like she'd previously stared at his lunch.
He could usually spot the signs of when he was being lulled into a false sense of security, but right then she seemed quite genuine. So he nodded his thanks and eased himself down next to her, placing his plate onto the tiny gap near the edge of the table. That was precarious. He'd probably best eat it before it fell on the floor. Or Alexa swiped it to eat herself. She was giving off the air of someone who was a bit hungry, what with the staring of before.
"It's Mac, actually." Anderson decided that as she was being unusually talkative, then he wouldn't waste the opportunity of catching her in a good mood. Who knew when it would change. "That's what most people call me. Chief's quite official, so maybe we can leave that to the people who work under me, huh?"
He grinned and sat back, taking a sip of his coffee and surveying the scene in front of him. So much paper. Did the woman never stop? To his eye she looked a little frazzled by it all, and obviously - going by the chocolate frog, and her remark about lunch - wasn't eating right. "It seems so. Not sure the frogs are that nutritious. You ought to get yourself something like this, I'm sure the paperwork could wait for ten minutes." He leant forwards again and picked up his cutlery, slicing into his steak carefully and popping a piece into his mouth. Hmmm. Perfect.
Ooorrr maybe he
didn't want to sit down.....? She'd cleared the spot for him but he was still standing there looking like she'd grown a second head. Lex was all set to retract the offer and set her papers in their haphazard manner on the couch once more but the staring came to an end and his steak was now closer to her face than it had been moments ago.
So...she didn't grow a second head then? Well that was bloody brilliant to know.
"Mac, huh? All the cool people have three lettered names." She said, her grin mirroring his. Take her for instance. Lex. Boom. There was also Fox but she wouldn't be saying THAT around him any time soon. Merlin knew he didn't need any compliments.
Rule one of being cool? Never question the nutrition in chocolate frogs.
"On the contrary, they're plenty nutritious for me. Keep me going, keep me awake, keep me in a good mood." There was a slightly higher than normal chance she'd end up with a sugar rush if she ate too many but that was commonplace for her by now.
"I'll have something like what you're having when I get through at least half this stuff otherwise I'll be lost in the food and before I know it my resolve will be shot to hell." Lex reached for the paper she'd been reading a minute ago.
"If nothing else gets done, this needs to be. Can't stay late today. Got plans I'm not willing to postpone."