Even now that's not the language Beth would ever use and she snorts into her coffee, ending up choking on it a little as she laughs. Things are different from how they were a few months ago, she's been having a physical relationship with Chuck off and on when it's convenient for the two of them, and that's definitely not something she ever imagined herself doing, but she still can't use words like jumping his bones in any sort of conversation.

"Maybe I'll start with somethin' a little less aggressive than that," she says, wiping her lips with a napkin. "It's not just... well, not just that. I mean, he's the sort of handsome that makes it kind of hard to look at him sometimes, but it's... it's more."

She doesn't know if she has the right words to explain what it is. Curtis has been important to her for a long time now in a lot of different ways and she's always been aware of a quiet sort of crush she's had on him. For years, though, she'd figured it was only because he's so attractive she'd felt that way, but things have been changing recently. She's changed.