"Well, I'm glad to oblige then ... you hungry? I came to find my friends because we're supposed to be meeting for dinner, but they took off without me and none of them are answering my texts. So we're going to troll downtown, to find where they're eating and hopefully? Eat ourselves." That twinkle made his grin widen.

"Hey, just asking. I'll take any excuse I can get to help a pretty girl."