Perfect. He laughed again, recalling his own first blunders. "You'll feel your way through, don't worry."

Billy glanced around in hopes of seeing her date, but he must have been hiding well. "That'll be a motivation to become better friends, that's for sure. But I'm talking to him soon, all right? I'm supposed to say something intimidating."

She could easily see what he thought of this idea. Billy, intimidating? That would be the day.