He leaned forward just a bit, imagining things for a few seconds before he caught himself and shoved a piece of fruit into his mouth almost defensively. There had been many times since she'd come to the house--and a few before that--when his thoughts had gone to her, their first meeting, and all the possibilities of a second such encounter. He'd kept them to himself, of course, not wanting to give her the wrong sort of impression. He'd just have to be content to occupy himself when she wasn't actually around; surely after all she'd been through, that sort of thing was far from what she'd want.