The sparks of romance may have been well and truly extinguished between Marcus and Noirin, but there is still something between them. It's not something you could actually put your finger on, but there's definitely something and it usually manifests itself with Marcus criticising Noirin…
The conversation began with a theory about clever people being predictable. "You're predictable because you tell people all the time things they can chip away at," Marcus told Noirin as the pair of them lounged on the sofas.
"I know," laughed Noirin. But the laughter didn't last long as Marcus opened the honesty valve.
"Not in a nasty way," he began prompting Noirin's hackles to rise, "but you don't wear your heart on your sleeve. Rodrigo does, but you don't."
"Why do I not then?" asked an indignant Noirin.
Marcus tried to explain that it was because Noirin walks away rather than confronting people, citing the time he said she was lazy. Hmm, smart move Marcus…
"I usually have to walk away because in past times I usually get really, really angry and say things I don't want to say. I walked away and calmed down for a second and came back out to you," replied Noirin defensively.
But, even though he was speaking quietly, Marcus was in pit bull mode and wasn't going to let go. "Even that isn't wearing your heart on your sleeve," he said. "You don't have to say things to wear your heart on your sleeve, it can be so evident on your face."
"I think I make things evident on my face," Noirin said sharply. "If I'm not on good form, I'm not on good form."
For the record Marcus, when a woman asks 'does my bum look big in this?', just lie, lie, lie…
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