The food came in courses. I let her order what she wanted and didn't make a thing of it when she ordered the most expensive entrée on the menu. She watched me to see if I would flinch at the price.
I didn't. I noted that she noted that I didn't. I should also make sure I never used dictation to write novels, otherwise these repetitions would happen. And they suck.
She was very smart, I realized about ten minutes into the appetizer. Very smart. Smart in a way that university wasn't going to keep up with.
The polite smile came back when she caught herself thinking too hard, and underneath it she was running calculations about me at a speed I respected, even as I was running faster ones about her.
