She really stepped in it with that one. [i]Way to make friends[/i], she thought. Willow would be oh-so proud of that shining moment, for sure. Charlie caught her friend looking at them while the girl glanced around, and tried to communicate in gestures the words “go away”. It didn't work. Rubbing her face, Charlie turned back to the girl next to her.

[b]“Sorry for interrupting your reading.”[/b]

Guilt took a running jump and dive-bombed the shame already bubbling around in her gut. She hadn't said a word to anyone but Willow for the duration of their time at Mingle, and the first person she has a conversation with, she insults. This was why she preferred socialising at the store, or at exhibitions, or anywhere but a bar when the first thing she opened her head to say related to age, drinking, or something along those lines.

“I'm really sorry about that, sometimes I say really stupid things,” she said, trying to convey as much sincerity in her tone as was possible. “I wasn't reading it, anyway, I can't concentrate and it deserves my whole attention – do you like books? I can get you a voucher, to make up for being a dumbass? Uh...” She wasn't sure if the offer was equally as stupid as her initial comment and the subsequent rambling, if it came off as creepy, annoying, or whatever, but it was all she could do to redeem herself. She took a business card for Reid & Wright's out of her back pocket and scribbled a note on it;

[center][b]“VALID FOR 1 FREE BOOK, PLEASE FORGIVE ME”.[/b][/center]

Sliding the card over, alongside the five note the girl slipped to the bartender, Charlie frowned at their conversation. “Why does it matter what a couple smoothies do to your figure? You look fine, and you're tiny.” [i]Again, Charlotte? You're gonna be an idiot again?[/i] “Not that, I mean, I did it again, I'm so sorry. It's not that you're small or young or anything.” She grumbled at herself. “I'm just going to shut up and drink my smoothie now. Sorry.” Picking up her smoothie, she headed back to Willow.