He waved off her concerns about being a girl; he'd never made it clear in his ad if he wanted a girl or boy, afterall. That Athena mightn't like a girl as pretty as River living with him wasn't really his concern at the moment. Getting a flatmate was.

"...Don't worry about being messy, I am a pretty clean person so I'll probably clean the kitchen for you."

"Yeah?" he said, his brows raising in interest. "I'll knock 5 pounds off your half of the rent if you wanna take care of all the cleaning."

Never let anyone say that Darby took without giving in return.

At her admission that she smoked, his face wrinkled up a bit. He'd had that habit for near on six years before he'd managed to give it up. That he'd ever gotten started - what with his dream to be a footie player - was beyond him now, but there was the truth of it.

"Ever think about quitting?" he asked as he took a seat on the couch and slouched down looking up at her. "I can give you some tips."