“What’s up, fools?” Leo suddenly said to us, his strides holding a certain beat in them, and sat next to me, his eyebrows directly creasing when he saw my expression. “Woah, woah, woah. What’s going on with you? Come on, lighten up. This is probably gonna be my last night on the ship. Let’s get on with the partying. Come on.”
I sighed, massaging my temples as I did, and gave him a scrutinizing look. “Leo,” I called, my voice reflecting my tiredness, and leaned back on the wall behind me. “You can go ahead. I’ll stay with your overbearing friend here.”
Leo smiled at this, shaking his head gently. “You are so devoted to your work that sometimes I don’t know if you still think of it as work.” And with one sideways glance at his best friend who was now eating a fruit cocktail, he left and di
