It helped that Hudson was pretending that Teague hadn’t gone off the rails the other night. In fact, Hudson was acting as though nothing had happened at all. On Wednesday, Hudson had picked up sandwiches on his way back from the gym, and they had sat on Teague’s couch, eating and watching baseball. On Thursday night, Hudson had ordered pizza and invited Teague down to the restaurant pier. They’d managed to hold conversations, but it all seemed to revolve around Hudson teaching Teague more sign language. He was getting better, although he wasn’t anywhere near fluent. He could understand a lot of what Hudson said, but signing back was a little more difficult, but Hudson didn’t seem to mind. It had been at that point that Teague had realized Hudson was attempting to put Teague’s mind at ease. He was ensuring that Teague wasn’t worried that they’d end up falling asleep at Hudson’s place again. By avoiding his apartment altogether, it had helped.
