"According to society's standards, am I in a relationship with whats-his-face?" Victoria asked Sherlock as they stared at the television. She was laying on her side with her cheek resting on the arm of the couch. He was laying on his side with his cheek resting on the other arm of the couch.
"Are you really asking me about what is socially correct?" Sherlock drawled, staring at the TV. He didn't even spare her a glance, but, then again, she didn't either.
"You are quite intelligent enough to know what society thinks and doesn't think. Whether you agree with it or not is a different matter." Victoria rolled her eyes and stuffed a handful of popcorn in her mouth.
"It's not so much that I disagree with it so much as I could honestly care about it less than nothing else."
Victoria didn't reply. She raised up the bowl of popcorn and rested it on Sherlock's bum, letting him reach for some.
"Anyway," Sherlock continued after chewing on some popcorn for a moment, "Although you have been dating the man for a few weeks now, the fact that you can't remember his name half the time cancels the socially acceptable relationship status."
"I can't help it," Victoria whined, "He's so unmemorable." She pouted.
"Why continue to go on dates then?" Sherlock sighed. Really. Women were significantly more complicated than they were worth.
Victoria was silent for a moment. "I guess I'm settling..." She bit her lip and pushed some of the hair falling out of her sloppy bun out of her face. "Maybe it's nice to have someone that's mine... I... I don't know."
Silence.
Sherlock's voice broke through her thoughts, "Victoria..."
"Mmm?"
"You two haven't...?" Sherlock trailed off, unsure of what to say. He didn't want to sound too interested or vulnerable in any way. He didn't want to sound anything. He just wanted to know.
"No, Sherlock," Victoria said quietly, feeling a pang of something deep in her stomach, "Not in a million years."
Sherlock nodded and stayed silent for a moment longer before speaking up again, "I have no idea what that man could possibly be thinking to still be interested in you."
"You always know the right thing to say."