Beth’s eyes flicked over to Chase and then around at the table. She couldn’t exactly tell him what was up here and now…even if a part of her wanted to tell him she had to test him first. See if he was worthy of the truth. If she could trust him.

Grinning over to him she just sighed that was good. He was in…for now. ”Thank you – oh” her face contorted into a look of extreme and E X T R E M E and U T T E R confusion. What in merlin's grave was he talking about? "boyfriend?...please, he's more a yet-unware co-conspirator...a comrade, a friend." she added all the things she could think of at the moment even though her eyes were still glazed over in shock. Did people actually think THAT - Quinn would be proud of her work there.

"please, if i had a boyfriend I promise from the bottom of my itty bitty shriveled up snakelet heart you will be the first to know..." she nodded that sounded very plausible but the science, she needed to make him know that SHE would know first "well third, whoever I deem worthy of dating me and I will know first. Obviously. I'm not breaking the space time contiuum to tell you before I know" reaching over she just patted his back - once, two, three singular pats. Those awkward you're a weird pet pats that people gave animals they didn't yet trust.

"If I didn't know you any better i'd assume you were Jealous Salty" her eyes widened at the word choice. "no, i REALLY meant what I said this summer - I was trying not to call you Salty anymore." she sighed and then STELLA WAS THERE.

Nothing dramatic was happening here AT ALL. All Beth did was beam when she saw her, "I am so happy for you Ella, you are going to own this house in no time...I'll help if you want," she didn't even ad the usual for a price she sometimes gave other people...Ella was different, she was almost a friend even. Almost. Really she was getting close to being one.