[There's a moment after Allison asks her question that Daneca simply freezes. That stupid look somehow, she thinks, doesn't manage to get back on her face, but she still feels exactly like a deer caught in headlights for a moment and swallows hard.]

Uh yeah. We are. We um.

[Say it, Daneca.]

[Daneca draws a deep breath and just narrowly avoids just blurting it out.]

We're dating. [She glances down at her hands in her lap.] I'm sorry, I probably should have said something about it sooner. I just... I didn't want things to be super awkward, but I guess I kinda screwed that up a little bit.