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Lislchen
Alysson just smiled in reply to his second apology. Really, it could happen to anyone and it wasn't like he'd done it on purpose. Or anything had happened. Both her dress and her coffee were alright. So, no harm done. Her eyes briefly flicked towards the menu board when he gestured at it. Her lips curled into a small amused grin. "And? What do you want?" She took a sip of her cappucino while she waited for an answer.
"I'm-" She thought about this for a second. A little stressed-out? But then again, she didn't really want to bore Oliver with her work problems. One of which wasn't even a real problem. So in the end she went with something more neutral. "-good, thank you." And then after another quick glance around she added, "And do you like it here?" Here, as in the Ministry. Not the food court.
Oliver returned her grin and his gaze went back the menu board.
"I'm thinking a smoothie." He didn't do coffee and he didn't really feel like tea at the moment. He placed his order and then turned his attention back to Alysson.
He raised his eyebrows at the hesitation in her answer but didn't say anything about it. He shrugged his shoulders at her question.
"It's okay. I would prefer to be out catching some waves." But it was time to settle down and all that. He wasn't going to be young forever.
"What about you? Is Law Enforcement your life's ambition?