Chapter 74
"She's cooking."
"Vince, this is stupid."
"It isn't stupid."
"Vince, you're spying on your little sister."
"Howard, she's cooking."
"I realise."
"But, Howard-"
"Vince, you have to talk to her. If you don't she'll be upset when you don't eat the food she makes."
"But she doesn't need to know about that kind of thing yet!"
"Vince, she's eighteen."
"She's still only little!"
"She'll be nineteen in four months."
"You're making me feel old."
"You're less than five years older than her, Vince. You're not old."
"I feel old."
"Well, you're not."
Vincent Noir and Howard Moon, are you spying on your new flatmate?"
"It was Vince's idea!" Howard says quickly.
"Thanks, Howard."
"Sorry."
"We…wanted to…umm…"
"Vince was worried."
"And how does spying on Noelle help?"
"She's cooking, Naboo."
"Then talk to her, don't spy on her."
"She's only little, she doesn't need to know about that kind of thing!"
"She's an adult, Vince."
"No she isn't! She's my little sister!"
"She's still an adult."
"She's my little sister!"
"Then doesn't she have a right to know?" When I don't reply, he sighs. "Go and talk to her, Vince."
"But Naboo…"
"No buts, Vincent. Go and talk to her." I turn to Howard but he shakes his head.
"Naboo's right, Vince. Go and talk to her."