Allegra certainly wasn’t well versed in matters of open and honest communication, in fact, she was possibly one of the worst people when it came to that. But she was determined and willing, which was pretty much half the battle. And beyond this, she was observant. She watched as Adam did his best to give her the most honest answer possible, and found herself rather endeared as he explained, roughly, that his mind wandered around her. She had absolutely no idea what that meant, or any of the other things that Adam had tried to communicate in the last couple of minutes, but she did observe him as he replied and she noticed something almost immediately. Whenever Adam really tried to tell her something, he couldn’t look her in the eye. Aha!

“What if I don’t look at you?” Allegra suggested cheerily as if this was in any way a sane next step. As if to prove she was up for the challenge, she closed her eyes and her eyebrows rose as though this heightened attention would help her hear him better. “Does this help?” Trial and error had to count for something. “C’mon, try to tell me something.” She grinned.

Allegra didn’t want to push him too hard, because deep down she understood that he couldn’t magically provide answers for her. And she didn’t need answers, necessarily, right now. She just wanted him to talk to her rather than picking one of two options he recently did in her company — distracting flirtation, or loaded silence. She just wanted him to talk, even if it wasn’t a solution — she just didn’t want to give up. And perhaps another part of her knew that as soon as they called it quits for the night, they’d need to separate, something else she wasn’t looking forward to.

Her smile faltered slightly at the brief silence that followed her bold suggestion. "Please?"