The noise of the crowd down below is ramping up, and they can hear someone shout the one minute warning.
She still doesn't let go of his hand, wriggling a bit to get the wire off. "Okay, hold it steady." Her tongue sticks out between her lips, just a little, as she concentrates. "Bollocks, that's not going to work -- here."
She puts his hand on her hip. "Stay."
That gives her two hands free, and careful to point it away from anything breakable, she uses her thumbs to pop the cork, trusting him keep a grasp on the bottle.
The crowd down below starts the final countdown. Ten! Nine!
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She still doesn't let go of his hand, wriggling a bit to get the wire off. "Okay, hold it steady." Her tongue sticks out between her lips, just a little, as she concentrates. "Bollocks, that's not going to work -- here."
She puts his hand on her hip. "Stay."
That gives her two hands free, and careful to point it away from anything breakable, she uses her thumbs to pop the cork, trusting him keep a grasp on the bottle.
The crowd down below starts the final countdown. Ten! Nine!