By the time Laura made it back to the table, Steve had the guys laughing hysterically. "And that's when I leveled Verona! She gave me the tiniest little peck on the lips, I whipped my plastic sword out and sliced just the wrong wires holding the set together," he exclaimed, laughing and snorting as Laura came up behind him.
"Hey," she smiled as she sat beside him, "are you tellin' these guys the story of our first kiss?" She raised an eyebrow at him.
"They wanted to know how you fell for me. I gave 'em the Readers' Digest version, but they just had so many follow-ups."
Laura laughed and sat back in her chair. "Well, all right then," she shrugged.
Laura was relieved as their tablemates were finally able to hold a conversation with her. Though some of the technobabble was difficult for her to follow, she enjoyed getting to know the people Steve worked with.