That night at dinner, as Tom was scarfing his food, Bill was looking at his nails quite closely and Simone was about to have a conniption at her cell phone when Gustav looked at Lina and asked, "So how was shopping with Bill."

Lina raised her eyebrows and said "It was okay."
If not a bit evasively.

"Did he ask you spontaneously about pickles?" Tom asked laughing.

Lina rolled her eyes and said "He so told you that." She stated.

Tom laughed, "Nah, He does that to every new security guard and or staff member."

Lina sighed and mumbled something about "being no more than a staff member."

"How'd she take it?" Georg asked.

"Oh fantastically so!" Bill said, putting down his glass.

"She ignored the question first off, then she tried to divert my attention to something about a guy named Gill – "

"–Till," Lina said quietly. "His name was Till." She said.

"Was?" Gordon asked, noting the past tense.

Lina just ducked her head and refused to answer.

"And…then….she went on to say something about cucumbers…." Bill said, looking confused. "I don't remember what it was other than the fact that it was intelligent." Bill said nodding his head and smiling.

"Then how do you know it was an intelligent statement?" Lina asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Well its obvious isn't it?" Tom asked.

Lina shook her head and leaned in, to show she wasn't getting what they were saying.

"Everything out of your mouth is intelligent." Bill nodded as Tom nodded his approval to Bill's statement.

Lina blushed deeply.

"I – umm thank you?" She asked, looking confused as to why they had said such a thing.

"Of course, it's not every day that you find some one who's fantastically beautiful and intelligent." Bill smiled brightly as he put his dishes in the sink.

Lina blushed again.

But Bill didn't see it, was too busy trying to hide his own blush at the sudden admission he had said.

He really needed to keep his mouth shut sometimes.

"May I be excused?" Lina asked quietly. "I was supposed to be on MSN an hour ago."

"Of course dear."

Bill didn't even look at her as he reached behind him and took her plate before she had the chance to rinse it herself.

"Okay." Lina mumbled as she walked away.
The door to the bedroom squeaked and slammed shut.

"Sorry." Was heard from the other side.

There was silence for a few more moments as Bill rested his hands on the skink, taking deep breathes until Tom bust out laughing.

"OH WELL DONE!" he said still laughing, he lowered his voice so Lina couldn't hear him.

"Fantastically beautiful AND intelligent well said, that!" He laughed.

Bill just turned around with an angry look and smacked up upside the head with a wash cloth.

A blush across his cheek.

Georg and Gustav burst out laughing also.