The Way They Met

"Can I talk to you?" Nic asked looking at Alice and Alex Ogden. They just finished having dinner and he was certain that Alex Ogden would want him to leave. But he wanted to talk to them first. He felt Elizabeth stiffened beside him but he just reached down on her hands and squeezed them reassuringly. 

Surprisingly, the dinner, though not planned, went well...mainly because Alex Ogden didn't talk much or they did not talk about Nic and Elizabeth's relationship. Now that Nic was about to talk about it, the tension in the atmosphere started to thicken.