Originally Posted by Thumper

"Oh," Ryder said. "It's okay," he said. When she turned around he said, "you don't have to leave if you don't want to." After all, he didn't want to be rude, and it would be nice to meet new people.



Ryder looked towards to the door again as a guy standing in the door way spoke. "Sure, come on in," he said, almost repeating him. He was pretty sure he hadn't seen him before.




Oh, Ryder thought, a familiar face. As he looked at the girl who'd just walked in and sat down, he said, "Hi Amanda, it was pretty good, a little long," he said honestly. "How was yours?" He asked her.