Tim sat, biting at his lower lip while she blatantly laughed at him, he could feel other people looking at him, their eyes burning into the back of his skull. He felt like an idiot for having such a visible reaction to her presence, and he wished that at that very moment that he could just sink into the ground, become a part of the chair, disappear, anything. But instead, he sat in place, cheeks burning, until she stopped laughing and started talking, seemingly forgetting the event that had just transpired.

He had seen her on campus a couple of times before, when he was still taking classes at Nottingham University, named for the city they lived in. He graduated at the end of Summer, and she was (apparantly) still taking classes there. He hadn't paid her any mind, really. He didnt pay anyone any mind when he was walking. But he remembered her.

She wanted to have a conversation with him. She seemed nice when he talked to her at the counter, even though she laughed at him earlier. Plus, he felt like he needed to prove that he was, in fact, a mostly stable human being capable of cognizant speech. So he decided it would be a good idea to try and socialize.

"Oh, um, yes, I can try talking. It's been a bit since I've acually talked to someone that wasnt myself, really." He tried joking, an unmarked territory for him usually.