Downplay Charlie

"Seriously, you don't need to worry about Charlie."

Alex frowns. "But you-"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Ethan waves her off. "Look. Even if Charlie did like me, and she doesn't, I don't like her like that."

"Right." Alex's nostrils flare.

"She's not my type! Plus she punches me. And frankly, she can be nasty as fuck."

Ethan notices Alex's expression change. She's beginning to believe. "Hm."

"Look," Ethan keeps pressing. "She's a friend, but I can't see her as anything more than that."

"I'm your friend," she allows the corner of her mouth to curl. "Can you see me as anything more?"

Ethan smiles. "Maybe."

"Good," Alex raises her chin, "Nice to have dreams."

Ethan laughs, and after a moment Alex joins him.

He avoided that crisis for now it seems.

{if Charlie Sex=true}Obviously, he now can't ever tell Alex about him fucking the shit out of Charlie last night.{endif}