Claudia took another sip of her tea as she waited for his answer. "I didn't think you were, but I had to make sure, you know? Some people are really uppity about that sort of thing. It's kind of weird. Also, I didn't want to offend you if you weren't a boy after all."
Her bare face felt the tortoise's warmth first, then her legs since she was only wearing skinny jeans. The sudden, pleasant change in heat made her shiver. "I don't live there, no. I have an apartment here in town," she said as she flexed her warming fingers on her cup. If she'd worn any thicker of gloves, she's sure the heat wouldn't have reached them like it did wearing knitted gloves. "Living inside of the school was. . .also kind of weird. I didn't want it to be my entire life--and I'm not going to be a student forever."
Her bare face felt the tortoise's warmth first, then her legs since she was only wearing skinny jeans. The sudden, pleasant change in heat made her shiver. "I don't live there, no. I have an apartment here in town," she said as she flexed her warming fingers on her cup. If she'd worn any thicker of gloves, she's sure the heat wouldn't have reached them like it did wearing knitted gloves. "Living inside of the school was. . .also kind of weird. I didn't want it to be my entire life--and I'm not going to be a student forever."