[No worries tonight beyond how full they're going to be and what they're going to do with the complete body buzz it will create.

laughing, Nat dips back into her plate and takes another bite looking at the two plates that she still has food on. ]

Steve, babe. I do love you, but I think two plates of food is enough. I only meant I wanted more of mine.

[she giggles then, a light sound that rarely if ever leaves her lips-- fingers immediately lifting to hide the action. She knows better than to show such lightheartedness. But then relaxes realizing where she is. ]

You're ruining my dream of having this be our place that no one ever bothers us at. We deserve that, don't we?

[of course she'll tell the others, but she can dream can't she?]