[Elle doesn't immediately respond. It takes her a second to realize that the man is speaking in her direction and not to someone at the next table over. And then she thinks that he's talking to someone sitting next to her. But then she looks one way and then the other, and then remembers that she came to Pugsy's alone tonight purely to absorb the social atmosphere.
She finally returns his eye contact.
And she stares.
And then she finally starts to smile back, a little unsure, a lot shy, and incredibly sheepish.]
Um... I dunno. [Smooth. She blinks owlishly.] Why, did you?
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She finally returns his eye contact.
And she stares.
And then she finally starts to smile back, a little unsure, a lot shy, and incredibly sheepish.]
Um... I dunno. [Smooth. She blinks owlishly.] Why, did you?